Unemployment Rate in Santa Barbara County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Santa Barbara County's unemployment rate of 6.3% 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 Santa Barbara County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,639 | Bradford County, PA | 6.3% |
| #2,640 | Decatur County, GA | 6.3% |
| #2,641 | Pendleton County, WV | 6.3% |
| #2,642 | Santa Barbara County, CA | 6.3% |
| #2,643 | Citrus County, FL | 6.3% |
| #2,644 | Long County, GA | 6.3% |
| #2,645 | Rutherford County, NC | 6.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Santa Barbara County, California has a unemployment rate of 6.3%, ranking #2,642 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 19.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within California, it ranks #28 of 58. This places it in the 18th 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.