Unemployment Rate in Somerset County, ME
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.5%
Rank #980/3,222 · #4 in ME
70th
Somerset 3.5%
ME 3.8% -7.0%
US 5.3% -34.0%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Somerset County's unemployment rate of 3.5% 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 Somerset County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #977 | Madison County, OH | 3.5% |
| #978 | White County, IN | 3.5% |
| #979 | Crawford County, IN | 3.5% |
| #980 | Somerset County, ME | 3.5% |
| #981 | Laurel County, KY | 3.5% |
| #982 | Huntington County, IN | 3.5% |
| #983 | Woodford County, IL | 3.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Somerset County, Maine has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, ranking #980 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 34.0% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Maine, it ranks #4 of 16. This places it in the 70th 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.