Unemployment Rate in Merrick County, NE

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
0.4% −93.1% vs nat'l
Rank #40 of 3,222
99th percentile

How Merrick County Compares

Merrick County
0.4%
Nebraska Average
0.4%
Rank #8 of 93 in state
National
5.3%
93.1% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Merrick County: 0.4%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#37 Marshall County, SD 0.3%
#38 Borden County, TX 0.3%
#39 Cimarron County, OK 0.4%
#40 Merrick County, NE 0.4%
#41 Fillmore County, NE 0.4%
#42 Cheyenne County, CO 0.4%
#43 Arthur County, NE 0.4%
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Unemployment Rate in Merrick County, Nebraska

Merrick County, Nebraska has a unemployment rate of 0.4%, which ranks #40 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 93.1% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Nebraska, Merrick County ranks #8 of 93 out of 93 counties. This places it in the 99th 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.