Unemployment Rate in Middlesex County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.3%
Rank #1,537/3,222 · #2 in MA
52th
Middlesex 4.3%
MA 5.1% -15.6%
US 5.3% -18.1%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Middlesex 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 Middlesex County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,534 | Monroe County, TN | 4.3% |
| #1,535 | Montgomery County, KS | 4.3% |
| #1,536 | Wayne County, NE | 4.3% |
| #1,537 | Middlesex County, MA | 4.3% |
| #1,538 | Simpson County, MS | 4.3% |
| #1,539 | Austin County, TX | 4.3% |
| #1,540 | Williams County, ND | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Middlesex County, Massachusetts has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,537 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 18.1% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #2 of 14. This places it in the 52th 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.