Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Mercer County Compares
National Distribution
Where Mercer County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Mercer County: 3.5%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #952 | Covington County, MS | 3.5% |
| #953 | Madison County, IA | 3.5% |
| #954 | Deaf Smith County, TX | 3.5% |
| #955 | Mercer County, MO | 3.5% |
| #956 | Scott County, MN | 3.5% |
| #957 | Cotton County, OK | 3.5% |
| #958 | Fulton County, NY | 3.5% |
Unemployment Rate in Mercer County, Missouri
Mercer County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 3.5%, which ranks #955 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 34.9% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Missouri, Mercer County ranks #45 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 70th 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.