Unemployment Rate in Cape Girardeau County, MO

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.3% −56.3% vs nat'l
Rank #382 of 3,222
88th percentile

How Cape Girardeau County Compares

Cape Girardeau County
2.3%
Missouri Average
2.3%
Rank #13 of 115 in state
National
5.3%
56.3% below

National Distribution

Where Cape Girardeau County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Cape Girardeau County: 2.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#379 Sublette County, WY 2.3%
#380 Wheeler County, NE 2.3%
#381 Divide County, ND 2.3%
#382 Cape Girardeau County, MO 2.3%
#383 Sauk County, WI 2.3%
#384 Winneshiek County, IA 2.3%
#385 DeKalb County, MO 2.3%
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Unemployment Rate in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Cape Girardeau County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 2.3%, which ranks #382 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 56.3% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Missouri, Cape Girardeau County ranks #13 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 88th 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.