# Counties in Massachusetts by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 14 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: unemployed as a percentage of the civilian labor force aged 16 and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/massachusetts-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dukes County | 6.6 |
| 2 | Suffolk County | 6.3 |
| 3 | Hampden County | 6 |
| 4 | Bristol County | 5.5 |
| 5 | Franklin County | 5.4 |
| 6 | Berkshire County | 5.4 |
| 7 | Worcester County | 5.3 |
| 8 | Essex County | 5.1 |
| 9 | Plymouth County | 5.1 |
| 10 | Barnstable County | 5 |
| 11 | Hampshire County | 5 |
| 12 | Norfolk County | 4.9 |
| 13 | Middlesex County | 4.4 |
| 14 | Nantucket County | 4.3 |