Unemployment Rate in Newton County, MO
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Newton County Compares
National Distribution
Where Newton County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Newton County: 5.9%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,497 | Hunt County, TX | 5.9% |
| #2,498 | Sumner County, KS | 5.9% |
| #2,499 | Chautauqua County, NY | 5.9% |
| #2,500 | Newton County, MO | 5.9% |
| #2,501 | Nicholas County, WV | 5.9% |
| #2,502 | Itasca County, MN | 5.9% |
| #2,503 | Comanche County, OK | 5.9% |
Unemployment Rate in Newton County, Missouri
Newton County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 5.9%, which ranks #2,500 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 11.6% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within Missouri, Newton County ranks #107 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 22th 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.