Unemployment Rate in New Castle County, DE
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.8%
Rank #1,899/3,222 · #1 in DE
41th
New Castle 4.8%
DE 5.1% -4.9%
US 5.3% -9.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How New Castle County's unemployment rate of 4.8% 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 New Castle County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,896 | Nassau County, NY | 4.8% |
| #1,897 | Koochiching County, MN | 4.8% |
| #1,898 | Henry County, TN | 4.8% |
| #1,899 | New Castle County, DE | 4.8% |
| #1,900 | Boulder County, CO | 4.8% |
| #1,901 | Henry County, IL | 4.8% |
| #1,902 | King County, WA | 4.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
New Castle County, Delaware has a unemployment rate of 4.8%, ranking #1,899 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 9.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Delaware, it ranks #1 of 3. This places it in the 41th 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.