Unemployment Rate in Westmoreland County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Westmoreland County's unemployment rate of 4.8% 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 Westmoreland County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,863 | Washington County, PA | 4.8% |
| #1,864 | Lowndes County, GA | 4.8% |
| #1,865 | Otter Tail County, MN | 4.8% |
| #1,866 | Westmoreland County, PA | 4.8% |
| #1,867 | Choctaw County, OK | 4.8% |
| #1,868 | Marion County, WV | 4.8% |
| #1,869 | Atkinson County, GA | 4.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 4.8%, ranking #1,866 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 9.9% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Pennsylvania, it ranks #33 of 67. This places it in the 42th 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.