Unemployment Rate in Lehigh County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.9%
Rank #2,479/3,222 · #55 in PA
23th
Lehigh 5.9%
PA 5.2% +12.1%
US 5.3% +11.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lehigh County's unemployment rate of 5.9% 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 Lehigh County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,476 | Polk County, GA | 5.9% |
| #2,477 | Oconee County, SC | 5.9% |
| #2,478 | Wicomico County, MD | 5.9% |
| #2,479 | Lehigh County, PA | 5.9% |
| #2,480 | Live Oak County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,481 | Russell County, AL | 5.9% |
| #2,482 | Carroll County, GA | 5.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 5.9%, ranking #2,479 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 11.0% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #55 of 67. This places it in the 23th 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.