Unemployment Rate in Palm Beach County, FL
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.5%
Rank #2,291/3,222 · #49 in FL
29th
Palm Beach 5.5%
FL 4.8% +13.8%
US 5.3% +2.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Palm Beach County's unemployment rate of 5.5% 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 Palm Beach County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,288 | Grady County, OK | 5.4% |
| #2,289 | Fairfield County, SC | 5.5% |
| #2,290 | Cecil County, MD | 5.5% |
| #2,291 | Palm Beach County, FL | 5.5% |
| #2,292 | Bristol County, MA | 5.5% |
| #2,293 | Lamar County, AL | 5.5% |
| #2,294 | Crow Wing County, MN | 5.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Palm Beach County, Florida has a unemployment rate of 5.5%, ranking #2,291 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Florida, it ranks #49 of 67. This places it in the 29th 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.