Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)
Unemployed civilians aged 16 and over as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
An average over five years of survey responses, so it moves slowly. The official monthly and annual rates for states and counties are unemployment_rate, from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics.
Key facts
- Unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) in the United States was 5.2% in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Nevada had the highest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 51 states in 2024, at 7%, and North Dakota the lowest, at 2.8%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.
- Published for 6,415 places, with figures from 2021 to 2024.
Rankings
- US states
- US counties
- US cities
- Counties in Texas
- Counties in Georgia
- Counties in Virginia
- Counties in Kentucky
- Counties in Missouri
- Counties in Kansas
- Counties in Illinois
- Counties in North Carolina
- Counties in Iowa
US states by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024
Places with data
Countries
Regions and states
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- Ohio
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Michigan
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
Provinces and counties
- Los Angeles County
- Cook County
- Harris County
- Maricopa County
- San Diego County
- Orange County
- Miami-Dade County
- Dallas County
- Kings County
- Riverside County
- Pinal County
- San Mateo County
- Monterey County
- Santa Barbara County
- Hall County
- Fayette County
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"unemployment_rate_acs","level":"region","within":"United States"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=unemployment_rate_acs&level=region&within=United%20States