Unemployment Rate in Butte County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Butte County Compares
National Distribution
Where Butte County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Butte County: 7.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,872 | George County, MS | 7.4% |
| #2,873 | Quay County, NM | 7.4% |
| #2,874 | Johnson County, GA | 7.4% |
| #2,875 | Butte County, CA | 7.4% |
| #2,876 | Adams County, ID | 7.4% |
| #2,877 | Scott County, TN | 7.5% |
| #2,878 | Jackson County, IL | 7.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Butte County, California
Butte County, California has a unemployment rate of 7.4%, which ranks #2,875 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 40.5% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within California, Butte County ranks #37 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 11th 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.