Unemployment Rate in Lake County, IN
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.1%
Rank #2,558/3,222 · #87 in IN
21th
Lake 6.1%
IN 4.3% +42.2%
US 5.3% +14.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lake County's unemployment rate of 6.1% 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 Lake County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,555 | Dodge County, GA | 6.1% |
| #2,556 | Tucker County, WV | 6.1% |
| #2,557 | Carroll County, KY | 6.1% |
| #2,558 | Lake County, IN | 6.1% |
| #2,559 | Iberville Parish, LA | 6.1% |
| #2,560 | Pend Oreille County, WA | 6.1% |
| #2,561 | Douglas County, MO | 6.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lake County, Indiana has a unemployment rate of 6.1%, ranking #2,558 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 14.6% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Indiana, it ranks #87 of 92. This places it in the 21th 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.