Unemployment Rate in Sussex County, DE

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
5.3% +0.3% vs nat'l
Rank #2,206 of 3,222
32th percentile

How Sussex County Compares

Sussex County
5.3%
Delaware Average
5.3%
Rank #2 of 3 in state
National
5.3%
0.3% above

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Sussex County: 5.3%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,203 Morgan County, CO 5.3%
#2,204 Columbia County, FL 5.3%
#2,205 Hernando County, FL 5.3%
#2,206 Sussex County, DE 5.3%
#2,207 Lewis County, WA 5.3%
#2,208 Mercer County, PA 5.3%
#2,209 Osage County, OK 5.3%
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Unemployment Rate in Sussex County, Delaware

Sussex County, Delaware has a unemployment rate of 5.3%, which ranks #2,206 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 0.3% above the national value of 5.3%.

Within Delaware, Sussex County ranks #2 of 3 out of 3 counties. This places it in the 32th 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.