Unemployment Rate in Lafayette County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lafayette County Compares
National Distribution
Where Lafayette County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Lafayette County: 3.0%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #686 | Brewster County, TX | 3.0% |
| #687 | Twin Falls County, ID | 3.0% |
| #688 | Freestone County, TX | 3.0% |
| #689 | Lafayette County, MO | 3.0% |
| #690 | Sherman County, NE | 3.0% |
| #691 | Oglethorpe County, GA | 3.0% |
| #692 | Grand Isle County, VT | 3.1% |
Unemployment Rate in Lafayette County, Missouri
Lafayette County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 3.0%, which ranks #689 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 42.6% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Missouri, Lafayette County ranks #31 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 79th 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.