Unemployment Rate in Monroe County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.9%
Rank #2,784/3,222 · #63 in PA
14th
Monroe 6.9%
PA 5.2% +31.5%
US 5.3% +30.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Monroe County's unemployment rate of 6.9% 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 Monroe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,781 | Worth County, GA | 6.9% |
| #2,782 | Avoyelles Parish, LA | 6.9% |
| #2,783 | Humphreys County, TN | 6.9% |
| #2,784 | Monroe County, PA | 6.9% |
| #2,785 | Valencia County, NM | 6.9% |
| #2,786 | Clarke County, MS | 6.9% |
| #2,787 | Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 6.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Monroe County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 6.9%, ranking #2,784 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 30.2% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #63 of 67. This places it in the 14th 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.