Unemployment Rate in Howard County, MD

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
3.4% −35.1% vs nat'l
Rank #946 of 3,222
71th %ile

How Howard County Compares

Howard County
3.4%
Maryland Average
3.4%
Rank #5 of 24 in state
National
5.3%
35.1% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ 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%
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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.