Unemployment Rate in Sweetwater County, WY
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,345/3,222 · #22 in WY
27th
Sweetwater 5.6%
WY 3.7% +52.5%
US 5.3% +5.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Sweetwater County's unemployment rate of 5.6% 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 Sweetwater County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,342 | Hempstead County, AR | 5.6% |
| #2,343 | Rock Island County, IL | 5.6% |
| #2,344 | Coke County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,345 | Sweetwater County, WY | 5.6% |
| #2,346 | Geneva County, AL | 5.6% |
| #2,347 | Person County, NC | 5.6% |
| #2,348 | Roanoke city, VA | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Sweetwater County, Wyoming has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,345 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within Wyoming, it ranks #22 of 23. This places it in the 27th 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.