Unemployment Rate in Merced County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Merced County Compares
National Distribution
Where Merced County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Merced County: 10.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #3,111 | Starr County, TX | 10.4% |
| #3,112 | Morovis Municipio, PR | 10.5% |
| #3,113 | Cibola County, NM | 10.5% |
| #3,114 | Merced County, CA | 10.5% |
| #3,115 | Dillingham Census Area, AK | 10.5% |
| #3,116 | Rosebud County, MT | 10.6% |
| #3,117 | Apache County, AZ | 10.7% |
Unemployment Rate in Merced County, California
Merced County, California has a unemployment rate of 10.5%, which ranks #3,114 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 98.8% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within California, Merced County ranks #55 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 3th 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.