Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.5%
Rank #955/3,222 · #45 in MO
70th
Mercer 3.5%
MO 4.0% -13.5%
US 5.3% -34.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mercer County's unemployment rate of 3.5% 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 Mercer County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #952 | Covington County, MS | 3.5% |
| #953 | Madison County, IA | 3.5% |
| #954 | Deaf Smith County, TX | 3.5% |
| #955 | Mercer County, MO | 3.5% |
| #956 | Scott County, MN | 3.5% |
| #957 | Cotton County, OK | 3.5% |
| #958 | Fulton County, NY | 3.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mercer County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, ranking #955 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 34.9% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Missouri, it ranks #45 of 115. This places it in the 70th 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.