Unemployment Rate in Luzerne County, PA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Luzerne County Compares
National Distribution
Where Luzerne County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Luzerne County: 5.8%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,431 | Lawrence County, AR | 5.8% |
| #2,432 | Rockingham County, NC | 5.8% |
| #2,433 | Kay County, OK | 5.8% |
| #2,434 | Luzerne County, PA | 5.8% |
| #2,435 | Hoke County, NC | 5.8% |
| #2,436 | White County, AR | 5.8% |
| #2,437 | Howard County, IN | 5.8% |
Unemployment Rate in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has a unemployment rate of 5.8%, which ranks #2,434 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 9.3% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Pennsylvania, Luzerne County ranks #52 of 67 out of 67 counties. This places it in the 24th 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.