Unemployment Rate in Forest County, WI

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.9% −45.5% vs nat'l
Rank #614 of 3,222
81th percentile

How Forest County Compares

Forest County
2.9%
Wisconsin Average
2.9%
Rank #30 of 72 in state
National
5.3%
45.5% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Forest County: 2.9%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#611 Gloucester County, VA 2.9%
#612 Crockett County, TN 2.9%
#613 Price County, WI 2.9%
#614 Forest County, WI 2.9%
#615 Brown County, MN 2.9%
#616 Morgan County, MO 2.9%
#617 Banks County, GA 2.9%
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Unemployment Rate in Forest County, Wisconsin

Forest County, Wisconsin has a unemployment rate of 2.9%, which ranks #614 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 45.5% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Wisconsin, Forest County ranks #30 of 72 out of 72 counties. This places it in the 81th 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.