Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Delaware
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, remain a subject of concern, notably as bandy around the idea of a by 2023. The last economic recession鈥攖he Great Recession of 2008-2010鈥攕ent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate , ranging from just 2.0% in Minnesota, to 4.5% in Illinois and 4.7% in the District of Columbia. Further breakdown by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows yet another county-based spectrum within each state.
To that end, compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Delaware using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#3. Sussex County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.8%
- Total labor force: 112,678 (3,974 unemployed)
#2. New Castle County
--- 1 month change: -0.9%
--- 1 year change: -1.2%
- Total labor force: 302,270 (11,151 unemployed)
#1. Kent County
--- 1 month change: -1.3%
--- 1 year change: -1.1%
- Total labor force: 80,556 (3,533 unemployed)
