Unemployment Rate in Orange County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.4%
Rank #2,250/3,222 · #13 in CA
30th
Orange 5.4%
CA 6.6% -17.7%
US 5.3% +1.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Orange County's unemployment rate of 5.4% 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 Orange County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,247 | Richland County, OH | 5.4% |
| #2,248 | Chattooga County, GA | 5.4% |
| #2,249 | Monmouth County, NJ | 5.4% |
| #2,250 | Orange County, CA | 5.4% |
| #2,251 | Erie County, PA | 5.4% |
| #2,252 | Amador County, CA | 5.4% |
| #2,253 | Sangamon County, IL | 5.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Orange County, California has a unemployment rate of 5.4%, ranking #2,250 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 1.8% above the national value of 5.3%. Within California, it ranks #13 of 58. This places it in the 30th 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.