Unemployment Rate in Kearney County, NE
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Kearney County Compares
National Distribution
Where Kearney County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Kearney County: 1.7%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #201 | Beaver County, UT | 1.7% |
| #202 | Emmet County, IA | 1.7% |
| #203 | Richland County, ND | 1.7% |
| #204 | Kearney County, NE | 1.7% |
| #205 | Donley County, TX | 1.7% |
| #206 | Norton County, KS | 1.7% |
| #207 | Lincoln County, SD | 1.7% |
Unemployment Rate in Kearney County, Nebraska
Kearney County, Nebraska has a unemployment rate of 1.7%, which ranks #204 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 68.5% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Nebraska, Kearney County ranks #37 of 93 out of 93 counties. This places it in the 94th 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.