Unemployment Rate in Los Alamos County, NM
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
0.6%
Rank #61/3,222 · #1 in NM
98th
Los Alamos 0.6%
NM 5.9% -89.5%
US 5.3% -88.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Los Alamos County's unemployment rate of 0.6% 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 Los Alamos County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #58 | Sherman County, KS | 0.6% |
| #59 | Nuckolls County, NE | 0.6% |
| #60 | Liberty County, MT | 0.6% |
| #61 | Los Alamos County, NM | 0.6% |
| #62 | Smith County, KS | 0.6% |
| #63 | Hodgeman County, KS | 0.6% |
| #64 | Lexington city, VA | 0.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Los Alamos County, New Mexico has a unemployment rate of 0.6%, ranking #61 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 88.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New Mexico, it ranks #1 of 33. This places it in the 98th 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.