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%

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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

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Counties ranked closest to Middlesex County for unemployment rate.

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#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.