Unemployment Rate in Sacramento County, CA

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
6.7% +26.3% vs nat'l
Rank #2,736 of 3,222
15th percentile

How Sacramento County Compares

Sacramento County
6.7%
California Average
6.7%
Rank #33 of 58 in state
National
5.3%
26.3% above

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Sacramento County: 6.7%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,733 Middlesex County, NJ 6.7%
#2,734 Clark County, OH 6.7%
#2,735 Winston County, MS 6.7%
#2,736 Sacramento County, CA 6.7%
#2,737 Jeff Davis County, GA 6.7%
#2,738 Presidio County, TX 6.7%
#2,739 Williamsburg city, VA 6.7%
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Unemployment Rate in Sacramento County, California

Sacramento County, California has a unemployment rate of 6.7%, which ranks #2,736 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 26.3% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within California, Sacramento County ranks #33 of 58 out of 58 counties. This places it in the 15th 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.