Unemployment Rate in Howard County, MD
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Howard County Compares
National Distribution
Where Howard County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Howard County: 3.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #943 | Marinette County, WI | 3.4% |
| #944 | Benson County, ND | 3.4% |
| #945 | Custer County, MT | 3.4% |
| #946 | Howard County, MD | 3.4% |
| #947 | Carroll County, MD | 3.4% |
| #948 | Wabash County, IN | 3.4% |
| #949 | Goshen County, WY | 3.4% |
Unemployment Rate in Howard County, Maryland
Howard County, Maryland has a unemployment rate of 3.4%, which ranks #946 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 35.1% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Maryland, Howard County ranks #5 of 24 out of 24 counties. This places it in the 71th 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.