US cities by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

Calexico, CA had the highest unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate) of 3219 cities in 2024, at 19.5%. Holmen, WI had the lowest, at 0.3%. The median was 4.9% and the figure for the United States was 5.2%. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest19.5Calexico, CA

Lowest0.3Holmen, WI

Median4.93219 cities

United States5.2History

Top 40 cities, 2024

%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Cities	2024 (%)	Change on 2023
1	Calexico, CA	19.5	+1.2 pts
2	California City, CA	18.7	+0.3 pts
3	Darby, PA	18.5	-1.6 pts
4	East Cleveland, OH	18.4	+0.7 pts
5	Lindsay, CA	17.8	+2.1 pts
6	Chester, PA	17.6	0 pts
7	East St. Louis, IL	17.3	+2 pts
8	College Park, GA	17	+2.3 pts
9	Baker, LA	16.6	+2.6 pts
10	Lake Station, IN	16.3	+1.5 pts
11	Kinston, NC	16.2	+2.9 pts
12	Riverdale, IL	16.1	+2 pts
13	Bogalusa, LA	15.7	+0.9 pts
14	Nogales, AZ	15.7	+1.4 pts
15	Brawley, CA	15.5	+0.1 pts
16	Blue Island, IL	15.5	+3.8 pts
17	Galena Park, TX	15.4	+1.2 pts
18	Flint, MI	14.8	-2.7 pts
19	Clearlake, CA	14.8	-2.1 pts
20	Chicago Heights, IL	14.6	+1.9 pts
21	West Memphis, AR	14.5	+1 pts
22	Atlantic City, NJ	14.5	+1.9 pts
23	Camden, NJ	14.5	+0.4 pts
24	Inkster, MI	14.4	+1.6 pts
25	Oxford, OH	14.4	+0.9 pts
26	Hazel Crest, IL	14.3	-0.3 pts
27	Crowley, LA	14.3	-1 pts
28	Perth Amboy, NJ	14.3	+1.5 pts
29	Coolidge, AZ	14.1	-1.2 pts
30	Arvin, CA	14	+2.2 pts
31	Detroit, MI	14	-0.2 pts
32	Selma, AL	14	-0.4 pts
33	Delano, CA	13.9	+2.5 pts
34	Reading, PA	13.7	+1.6 pts
35	Forrest City, AR	13.5	+2.9 pts
36	Harvey, IL	13.4	+0.5 pts
36	Reedley, CA	13.4	+1.1 pts
38	Selma, CA	13.3	+1 pts
39	Bay City, TX	13.3	+1.5 pts
40	Cheney, WA	13.1	+0.4 pts
41	Hamtramck, MI	13.1	+1.3 pts
41	Lemoore, CA	13.1	+2.4 pts
43	Eastpointe, MI	12.9	-0.4 pts
44	Dolton, IL	12.8	+1.9 pts
45	Avenal, CA	12.7	+3.8 pts
46	Talladega, AL	12.6	+0.2 pts
47	Madera, CA	12.6	+0.7 pts
48	Passaic, NJ	12.5	+1.2 pts
49	Conneaut, OH	12.5	+0.5 pts
50	New Castle, PA	12.5	-1.4 pts
51	Roma, TX	12.4	-0.8 pts
52	Sunnyside, WA	12.3	+2.1 pts
53	Douglas, AZ	12.3	+0.9 pts
54	Atwater, CA	12.3	+1.3 pts
55	Burlington, NJ	12.2	-0.3 pts
56	Moss Point, MS	12	+0.2 pts
57	Boone, NC	12	-2.8 pts
58	Richton Park, IL	11.9	-0.1 pts
59	Arcata, CA	11.9	-1.3 pts
60	Youngstown, OH	11.9	-0 pts
61	Barstow, CA	11.9	+1.6 pts
61	Opelousas, LA	11.9	+1.6 pts
63	Ashtabula, OH	11.8	-0.4 pts
64	Adelanto, CA	11.8	+0.2 pts
65	Orangeburg, SC	11.8	0 pts
66	Blythe, CA	11.7	+3.1 pts
67	Livingston, CA	11.7	+0.9 pts
68	Monroe, GA	11.6	-0.5 pts
69	Waycross, GA	11.6	+5.3 pts
70	Maple Heights, OH	11.6	+0.3 pts
71	Newark, NJ	11.6	+0.7 pts
72	Bullhead City, AZ	11.5	-0.3 pts
73	McKeesport, PA	11.5	+1.4 pts
74	Mendota, CA	11.5	-0.1 pts
75	South Holland, IL	11.5	+1.4 pts
76	Harrisburg, PA	11.4	+2 pts
77	Coalinga, CA	11.4	-1.5 pts
77	Johnson City, NY	11.4	+1.2 pts
79	Merced, CA	11.3	-0.9 pts
80	Centralia, IL	11.3	+0.6 pts
81	Kent, OH	11.2	+0.8 pts
82	Richmond Heights, OH	11.2	+0.1 pts
83	Albany, GA	11.2	-0.3 pts
83	Wilkinsburg, PA	11.2	+1.7 pts
85	Corcoran, CA	11.1	-0.3 pts
85	Jesup, GA	11.1	+0.6 pts
87	Victorville, CA	11.1	-0.5 pts
88	Laurinburg, NC	11	+0.8 pts
89	Newman, CA	11	-1.5 pts
90	Gary, IN	11	-2 pts
91	Huntsville, TX	10.9	+1.9 pts
91	Matteson, IL	10.9	+0.3 pts
93	Rio Vista, CA	10.9	-0.5 pts
94	Oak Park, MI	10.8	+0.9 pts
95	Niles, MI	10.8	-0.4 pts
96	Cleveland, OH	10.8	-0.7 pts
97	Clarksdale, MS	10.8	+0.6 pts
98	Hartford, CT	10.7	+0.2 pts
98	Paterson, NJ	10.7	+0.5 pts
100	New Iberia, LA	10.7	+0.7 pts
100	York, PA	10.7	-0.3 pts
102	Pleasantville, NJ	10.7	+1.9 pts
103	Snohomish, WA	10.6	+2.6 pts
104	Sweet Home, OR	10.6	+2.4 pts
105	Calumet City, IL	10.6	+1.2 pts
106	Calabasas, CA	10.6	+0.4 pts
106	Chowchilla, CA	10.6	+1.3 pts
106	Dinuba, CA	10.6	-0.3 pts
109	Gaffney, SC	10.6	-0.8 pts
109	Pine Bluff, AR	10.6	+1 pts
109	Port Lavaca, TX	10.6	+4.3 pts
112	Leesburg, FL	10.5	+1.6 pts
113	Somers Point, NJ	10.5	+0.9 pts
114	Kerman, CA	10.5	+1.7 pts
115	Port Townsend, WA	10.4	-2.4 pts
116	Carbondale, IL	10.4	+1.1 pts
116	Hazelwood, MO	10.4	+1.5 pts
118	Macomb, IL	10.4	-1.7 pts
119	Rainbow City, AL	10.3	+1.7 pts
120	Wayne, MI	10.3	+0.7 pts
121	Eureka, CA	10.3	+2.6 pts
122	Binghamton, NY	10.3	+0.4 pts
122	DeKalb, IL	10.3	-0.3 pts
124	Oakdale, CA	10.2	+0.7 pts
125	Baytown, TX	10.2	+1.2 pts
126	Monroe, LA	10.2	-0.5 pts
127	Ceres, CA	10.2	-0.2 pts
128	Carteret, NJ	10.1	+1.4 pts
128	Saginaw, MI	10.1	-1.3 pts
130	Cudahy, CA	10.1	+1.3 pts
130	Lincoln Park, NJ	10.1	-0.2 pts
130	Trenton, NJ	10.1	-0.3 pts
133	Blanchard, OK	10.1	+3 pts
133	Lebanon, PA	10.1	+0.4 pts
135	Pontiac, MI	10.1	-0.6 pts
135	Port Hueneme, CA	10.1	+1.8 pts
137	Porterville, CA	10.1	+0.9 pts
138	Petersburg, VA	10.1	-1.3 pts
138	Prichard, AL	10.1	-0.5 pts
140	Artesia, CA	10	+0.6 pts
141	Parlier, CA	10	-0.5 pts
142	Aberdeen, WA	10	+1.4 pts
142	Cahokia Heights, IL	10	+0.7 pts
144	Elmira, NY	9.9	+0.5 pts
145	Locust Grove, GA	9.9	+0.9 pts
146	North Chicago, IL	9.9	+1.2 pts
147	El Centro, CA	9.9	-0 pts
147	Ridgefield Park, NJ	9.9	-0.4 pts
149	Lynwood, CA	9.8	+0.1 pts
150	Lansing, IL	9.8	0 pts
151	Bainbridge, GA	9.8	-0.3 pts
152	Belle Glade, FL	9.7	-2.7 pts
153	Killeen, TX	9.7	-0.9 pts
154	Lawndale, CA	9.7	+0.7 pts
155	Niagara Falls, NY	9.6	-0.1 pts
156	Indiana, PA	9.6	+1.6 pts
156	Ukiah, CA	9.6	+1.3 pts
156	West Monroe, LA	9.6	+1.2 pts
159	El Cajon, CA	9.6	+0.4 pts
160	Exeter, CA	9.6	-4.5 pts
161	West Chicago, IL	9.5	-0.7 pts
162	Hanford, CA	9.5	+0.5 pts
162	Huntington Park, CA	9.5	-0.1 pts
162	Linden, NJ	9.5	+1 pts
162	Rincon, GA	9.5	+0.3 pts
166	Fulton, MO	9.5	-0.5 pts
167	Fairview, NJ	9.4	+1.2 pts
167	Rancho Mirage, CA	9.4	-1.1 pts
167	Sharon, PA	9.4	+0.4 pts
170	Henderson, NC	9.4	+4.1 pts
171	Bonham, TX	9.4	+1.3 pts
172	Marion, OH	9.4	+0.4 pts
173	Alamo, TX	9.4	+0.2 pts
173	Union City, NJ	9.4	+0.9 pts
173	Warren, OH	9.4	+0.5 pts
173	Yeadon, PA	9.4	+2.8 pts
177	Springfield, OH	9.4	+0.4 pts
178	Conyers, GA	9.4	-0.2 pts
178	Muskegon, MI	9.4	0 pts
178	Prineville, OR	9.4	+0.9 pts
181	Hesperia, CA	9.3	-0.4 pts
182	Radcliff, KY	9.3	-0.6 pts
183	Jackson, MS	9.3	-0.1 pts
184	Palatka, FL	9.3	+2 pts
185	Mount Vernon, NY	9.3	+2.4 pts
186	Susanville, CA	9.3	+2.4 pts
186	Waterbury, CT	9.3	-0 pts
188	Baton Rouge, LA	9.2	+0.2 pts
188	Hopewell, VA	9.2	-0.1 pts
190	Marysville, CA	9.2	+1.2 pts
190	Seabrook, TX	9.2	+5.9 pts
192	Hempstead, NY	9.2	-0.3 pts
193	Blytheville, AR	9.2	-2 pts
194	Avon Park, FL	9.2	-0.5 pts
195	Chelsea, MA	9.2	+0.4 pts
196	Country Club Hills, IL	9.2	+1.3 pts
196	East Orange, NJ	9.2	-1.1 pts
196	Los Alamitos, CA	9.2	+1.4 pts
199	Coachella, CA	9.2	-1.2 pts
199	Fort Pierce, FL	9.2	-0.6 pts
201	Troy, NY	9.1	-0.3 pts
202	Sanger, CA	9.1	-0.1 pts
203	Horizon City, TX	9.1	-1 pts
203	Jackson, MI	9.1	-1.7 pts
205	Ozark, AL	9.1	-0 pts
205	Raymondville, TX	9.1	-1.5 pts
207	Ansonia, CT	9.1	+1 pts
208	Michigan City, IN	9.1	+2 pts
209	Gulfport, MS	9.1	-0.8 pts
209	Peru, IN	9.1	-1.1 pts
211	McMinnville, TN	9	+4.3 pts
212	Cocoa Beach, FL	9	+0.2 pts
213	Allentown, PA	9	+0.2 pts
213	LaGrange, GA	9	+0.6 pts
213	Statesboro, GA	9	-0.6 pts
216	Newport, RI	9	-0.7 pts
217	Dayton, OH	9	-0.8 pts
217	Greenville, NC	9	-0 pts
217	Lathrop, CA	9	-0 pts
217	Miami Gardens, FL	9	+0.8 pts
221	Brainerd, MN	9	+0.9 pts
221	Shreveport, LA	9	+0.1 pts
223	Jamestown, NY	9	+0.4 pts
224	Bridgeport, CT	9	+0.1 pts
224	Los Banos, CA	9	-0.1 pts
226	Hanover, PA	8.9	+0.7 pts
226	Lodi, CA	8.9	-0.1 pts
228	DeSoto, TX	8.9	+1.4 pts
228	Ellensburg, WA	8.9	+1.3 pts
228	San Jacinto, CA	8.9	+0.1 pts
231	Jennings, MO	8.9	-1.2 pts
231	Kewanee, IL	8.9	+2.5 pts
233	Plainfield, NJ	8.9	-0.4 pts
234	Fresno, CA	8.9	+0.2 pts
234	West Hollywood, CA	8.9	+0.9 pts
236	Airway Heights, WA	8.9	+0.4 pts
236	Alsip, IL	8.9	+1.2 pts
238	Port Huron, MI	8.9	-0.4 pts
239	North Plainfield, NJ	8.8	-0.8 pts
240	Poughkeepsie, NY	8.8	+1 pts
240	Rexburg, ID	8.8	+0.1 pts
242	Hidalgo, TX	8.8	+1.6 pts
242	Salisbury, MD	8.8	-1.6 pts
244	Mill Valley, CA	8.8	+0.3 pts
244	Whitehall, OH	8.8	-1.1 pts
246	Clovis, NM	8.8	+0.9 pts
247	Schenectady, NY	8.8	-0.1 pts
248	Cambridge, MD	8.7	+2 pts
248	Greenwood, SC	8.7	+2.2 pts
248	Somerset, KY	8.7	0 pts

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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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (US cities by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat

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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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), US cities by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/us-cities. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Census Bureau (2026) 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more), US cities by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/us-cities (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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@misc{census_us_cities_by_unemployment_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more): US cities by unemployment rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024}},
  year = {2026},
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  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate-acs/us-cities. Publisher attribution: 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, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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