Unemployment Rate in Lancaster County, PA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
3.4% −36.4% vs nat'l
Rank #895 of 3,222
72th percentile

How Lancaster County Compares

Lancaster County
3.4%
Pennsylvania Average
3.4%
Rank #10 of 67 in state
National
5.3%
36.4% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Lancaster County: 3.4%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#892 Garvin County, OK 3.4%
#893 Johnson County, NE 3.4%
#894 Dickson County, TN 3.4%
#895 Lancaster County, PA 3.4%
#896 Starke County, IN 3.4%
#897 Washington County, MN 3.4%
#898 Okaloosa County, FL 3.4%
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Unemployment Rate in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 3.4%, which ranks #895 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 36.4% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Pennsylvania, Lancaster County ranks #10 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 72th 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.