Unemployment Rate in Luzerne County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.8%
Rank #2,434/3,222 · #52 in PA
24th
Luzerne 5.8%
PA 5.2% +10.4%
US 5.3% +9.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Luzerne County's unemployment rate of 5.8% 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 Luzerne County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,431 | Lawrence County, AR | 5.8% |
| #2,432 | Rockingham County, NC | 5.8% |
| #2,433 | Kay County, OK | 5.8% |
| #2,434 | Luzerne County, PA | 5.8% |
| #2,435 | Hoke County, NC | 5.8% |
| #2,436 | White County, AR | 5.8% |
| #2,437 | Howard County, IN | 5.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 5.8%, ranking #2,434 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 9.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #52 of 67. This places it in the 24th 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.