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Counties with the highest unemployment in Maryland
While significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7% experienced in April 2020, unemployment rates remain a subject of concern, though experts’ views on a potential recession are mixed. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2007-2009—sent rates up to 10% as of October 2009. It was not until the spring of 2019 that unemployment finally went down to the same level it sits at now.
As of May 2023, national unemployment is at 3.4%, with little change from April. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 1.9% in South Dakota to 5.4% in Nevada.
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Maryland using Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Counties are ranked by their preliminary unemployment rate in May 2023, with initial ties broken by the number of unemployed people within that county, though some ties may remain. County-level unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted.
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#24. Carroll County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.8%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.7 percentage points
– Total labor force: 95,225 people (1,682 unemployed)
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#23. Howard County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.8%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 188,688 people (3,395 unemployed)
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#22. Queen Anne’s County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.9%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.6 percentage points
– Total labor force: 28,252 people (527 unemployed)
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#21. Anne Arundel County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.9%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 315,180 people (6,027 unemployed)
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#20. Calvert County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 49,637 people (986 unemployed)
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#19. Frederick County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 137,323 people (2,772 unemployed)
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#18. Montgomery County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 554,345 people (10,853 unemployed)
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#17. Garrett County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1-month change: Up 0.1 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 15,149 people (318 unemployed)
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#16. Talbot County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 17,815 people (370 unemployed)
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#15. Caroline County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 17,890 people (377 unemployed)
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#14. St. Mary’s County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1-month change: Up 0.5 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 57,123 people (1,178 unemployed)
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#13. Harford County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.7 percentage points
– Total labor force: 140,499 people (2,929 unemployed)
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#12. Cecil County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 54,831 people (1,209 unemployed)
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#11. Charles County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 86,745 people (1,931 unemployed)
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#10. Kent County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.3%
— 1-month change: Up 0.2 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 10,002 people (226 unemployed)
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#9. Baltimore County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.3%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 445,868 people (10,199 unemployed)
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#8. Prince George’s County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.3%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.1 percentage points
– Total labor force: 497,826 people (11,536 unemployed)
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#7. Dorchester County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 15,990 people (386 unemployed)
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#6. Washington County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 70,907 people (1,695 unemployed)
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#5. Wicomico County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.6%
— 1-month change: Up 0.2 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 52,055 people (1,362 unemployed)
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#4. Worcester County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.8%
— 1-month change: Down 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.2 percentage points
– Total labor force: 25,449 people (707 unemployed)
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#3. Allegany County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.8%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 31,563 people (880 unemployed)
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#2. Baltimore city
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 3%
— 1-month change: Up 0.4 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 273,903 people (8,183 unemployed)
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#1. Somerset County
– May unemployment rate (preliminary): 3.2%
— 1-month change: Up 0.3 percentage points
— 1-year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 9,135 people (291 unemployed)
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