Unemployment Rate in Somerset County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.9%
Rank #1,959/3,222 · #36 in PA
39th
Somerset 4.9%
PA 5.2% -6.3%
US 5.3% -7.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Somerset County's unemployment rate of 4.9% 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 →| #1,956 | Tallapoosa County, AL | 4.9% |
| #1,957 | Metcalfe County, KY | 4.9% |
| #1,958 | Thurston County, WA | 4.9% |
| #1,959 | Somerset County, PA | 4.9% |
| #1,960 | Grenada County, MS | 4.9% |
| #1,961 | Lincoln County, ID | 4.9% |
| #1,962 | Will County, IL | 4.9% |
About Unemployment Rate
Somerset County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 4.9%, ranking #1,959 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 7.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #36 of 67. This places it in the 39th 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.