Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, KY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.3%
Rank #1,528/3,222 · #46 in KY
53th
Mercer 4.3%
KY 4.8% -10.4%
US 5.3% -18.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mercer County's unemployment rate of 4.3% 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 Mercer County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,525 | Cheatham County, TN | 4.3% |
| #1,526 | Talbot County, MD | 4.3% |
| #1,527 | Unicoi County, TN | 4.3% |
| #1,528 | Mercer County, KY | 4.3% |
| #1,529 | Becker County, MN | 4.3% |
| #1,530 | Polk County, IA | 4.3% |
| #1,531 | Bay County, MI | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mercer County, Kentucky has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,528 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 18.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Kentucky, it ranks #46 of 120. This places it in the 53th 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.