Unemployment Rate in Somerset County, NJ
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,832/3,222 · #2 in NJ
43th
Somerset 4.7%
NJ 6.3% -24.8%
US 5.3% -10.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Somerset County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 →| #1,829 | Eagle County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,830 | Monroe County, WV | 4.7% |
| #1,831 | Roscommon County, MI | 4.7% |
| #1,832 | Somerset County, NJ | 4.7% |
| #1,833 | Larimer County, CO | 4.7% |
| #1,834 | Fountain County, IN | 4.7% |
| #1,835 | Charles County, MD | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Somerset County, New Jersey has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,832 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.6% below the national value of 5.3%. Within New Jersey, it ranks #2 of 21. This places it in the 43th 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.