Unemployment Rate in Merced County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
10.5%
Rank #3,114/3,222 · #55 in CA
3th
Merced 10.5%
CA 6.6% +60.8%
US 5.3% +98.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Merced County's unemployment rate of 10.5% 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 Merced County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,111 | Starr County, TX | 10.4% |
| #3,112 | Morovis Municipio, PR | 10.5% |
| #3,113 | Cibola County, NM | 10.5% |
| #3,114 | Merced County, CA | 10.5% |
| #3,115 | Dillingham Census Area, AK | 10.5% |
| #3,116 | Rosebud County, MT | 10.6% |
| #3,117 | Apache County, AZ | 10.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Merced County, California has a unemployment rate of 10.5%, ranking #3,114 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 98.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within California, it ranks #55 of 58. This places it in the 3th 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.