Unemployment Rate in Jefferson County, WI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.5%
Rank #1,019/3,222 · #49 in WI
68th
Jefferson 3.5%
WI 3.2% +9.4%
US 5.3% -33.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Jefferson County's unemployment rate of 3.5% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Jefferson County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,016 | Coffee County, TN | 3.5% |
| #1,017 | Colonial Heights city, VA | 3.5% |
| #1,018 | Jones County, IA | 3.5% |
| #1,019 | Jefferson County, WI | 3.5% |
| #1,020 | Perquimans County, NC | 3.6% |
| #1,021 | Floyd County, VA | 3.6% |
| #1,022 | Washington County, FL | 3.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Jefferson County, Wisconsin has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, ranking #1,019 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 33.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Wisconsin, it ranks #49 of 72. This places it in the 68th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.