Unemployment Rate in Lake County, MI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.4%
Rank #2,866/3,222 · #76 in MI
11th
Lake 7.4%
MI 5.7% +29.6%
US 5.3% +39.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lake County's unemployment rate of 7.4% 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 →| #2,863 | Putnam County, FL | 7.4% |
| #2,864 | Bayamón Municipio, PR | 7.4% |
| #2,865 | Calhoun County, TX | 7.4% |
| #2,866 | Lake County, MI | 7.4% |
| #2,867 | Jefferson County, FL | 7.4% |
| #2,868 | Jackson Parish, LA | 7.4% |
| #2,869 | Fremont County, WY | 7.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lake County, Michigan has a unemployment rate of 7.4%, ranking #2,866 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 39.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Michigan, it ranks #76 of 83. This places it in the 11th 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.