Unemployment Rate in Sussex County, DE
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sussex County Compares
National Distribution
Where Sussex County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ 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% |
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.