Unemployment Rate in Barnstable County, MA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Barnstable County Compares
National Distribution
Where Barnstable County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Barnstable County: 5.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,000 | Schoharie County, NY | 5.0% |
| #2,001 | Wyoming County, PA | 5.0% |
| #2,002 | Allegany County, MD | 5.0% |
| #2,003 | Barnstable County, MA | 5.0% |
| #2,004 | Dallas County, TX | 5.0% |
| #2,005 | Clinton County, KY | 5.0% |
| #2,006 | Lake County, FL | 5.0% |
Unemployment Rate in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Barnstable County, Massachusetts has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, which ranks #2,003 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 5.9% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Massachusetts, Barnstable County ranks #4 of 14 out of 14 counties. This places it in the 38th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.
About this data
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.