Unemployment Rate in Worcester County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.3%
Rank #2,166/3,222 · #8 in MA
33th
Worcester 5.3%
MA 5.1% +2.3%
US 5.3% -0.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Worcester County's unemployment rate of 5.3% 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 Worcester County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,163 | Brown County, TX | 5.3% |
| #2,164 | St. Lawrence County, NY | 5.3% |
| #2,165 | Aroostook County, ME | 5.3% |
| #2,166 | Worcester County, MA | 5.3% |
| #2,167 | Gloucester County, NJ | 5.3% |
| #2,168 | Spokane County, WA | 5.3% |
| #2,169 | Hale County, TX | 5.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Worcester County, Massachusetts has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, ranking #2,166 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 0.7% below the national value of 5.3%. Within Massachusetts, it ranks #8 of 14. This places it in the 33th 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.