# Counties in Maryland by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 24 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/maryland-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/maryland-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Baltimore city | 5.5 |
| 2 | Allegany County | 5.1 |
| 3 | Charles County | 4.6 |
| 4 | Dorchester County | 4.5 |
| 5 | Prince George's County | 4.4 |
| 5 | Somerset County | 4.4 |
| 7 | Baltimore County | 4 |
| 7 | Cecil County | 4 |
| 7 | Wicomico County | 4 |
| 10 | Washington County | 3.9 |
| 11 | Garrett County | 3.7 |
| 11 | Kent County | 3.7 |
| 11 | St. Mary's County | 3.7 |
| 14 | Caroline County | 3.6 |
| 14 | Harford County | 3.6 |
| 16 | Calvert County | 3.5 |
| 16 | Montgomery County | 3.5 |
| 16 | Talbot County | 3.5 |
| 19 | Anne Arundel County | 3.4 |
| 19 | Howard County | 3.4 |
| 19 | Worcester County | 3.4 |
| 22 | Frederick County | 3.3 |
| 23 | Carroll County | 3 |
| 23 | Queen Anne's County | 3 |