Unemployment Rate in Orange County, CA
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Orange County Compares
National Distribution
Where Orange County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Orange County: 5.4%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #2,247 | Richland County, OH | 5.4% |
| #2,248 | Chattooga County, GA | 5.4% |
| #2,249 | Monmouth County, NJ | 5.4% |
| #2,250 | Orange County, CA | 5.4% |
| #2,251 | Erie County, PA | 5.4% |
| #2,252 | Amador County, CA | 5.4% |
| #2,253 | Sangamon County, IL | 5.4% |
Unemployment Rate in Orange County, California
Orange County, California has a unemployment rate of 5.4%, which ranks #2,250 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 1.8% above the national value of 5.3%.
Within California, Orange County ranks #13 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 30th 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.