Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Nevada
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 Nevada using data from the . Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.
#17. White Pine County
--- 1 month change: -0.7%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 4,597 (112 unemployed)
#16. Lander County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 3,085 (80 unemployed)
#15. Elko County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 26,109 (776 unemployed)
#14. Eureka County
--- 1 month change: -0.8%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 904 (27 unemployed)
#13. Humboldt County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 7,854 (241 unemployed)
#12. Washoe County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 262,318 (8,048 unemployed)
#11. Pershing County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: -0.1%
- Total labor force: 2,400 (80 unemployed)
#10. Churchill County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 10,969 (377 unemployed)
#9. Esmeralda County
--- 1 month change: -1.1%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 408 (14 unemployed)
#8. Carson City
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -0.2%
- Total labor force: 26,043 (877 unemployed)
#7. Douglas County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: 0.0%
- Total labor force: 21,654 (780 unemployed)
#6. Mineral County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 2,092 (75 unemployed)
#5. Lincoln County
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.9%
- Total labor force: 2,094 (77 unemployed)
#4. Storey County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 2,146 (79 unemployed)
#3. Lyon County
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 23,961 (1,053 unemployed)
#2. Clark County
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: -1.3%
- Total labor force: 1,156,484 (61,398 unemployed)
#1. Nye County
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.1%
- Total labor force: 17,506 (934 unemployed)
