Unemployment Rate in Portage County, WI
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Portage County Compares
National Distribution
Where Portage County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Portage County: 3.2%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #802 | Johnson County, KS | 3.2% |
| #803 | Emmet County, MI | 3.2% |
| #804 | Pipestone County, MN | 3.2% |
| #805 | Portage County, WI | 3.2% |
| #806 | Lyon County, MN | 3.2% |
| #807 | Saluda County, SC | 3.2% |
| #808 | Riley County, KS | 3.2% |
Unemployment Rate in Portage County, Wisconsin
Portage County, Wisconsin has a unemployment rate of 3.2%, which ranks #805 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 39.7% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within Wisconsin, Portage County ranks #44 of 72 out of 72 counties. This places it in the 75th 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.