Carroll County, MD monthly unemployment update

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June 28, 2023
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Carroll County, MD monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Carroll County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Carroll County had a 1.4% unemployment rate in April 2023, marking a 0.4 percentage point decrease from a month ago. Maryland reported a 2.4% unemployment rate in May, which is the ninth lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Baltimore, MD metropolitan area was 1.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than Carroll County. Baltimore has the 25th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Maryland
#1. Worcester County: 3.1%
#2. Somerset County: 2.9%
#3. Allegany County: 2.4%
#3. Wicomico County: 2.4%
#5. Dorchester County: 2.1%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Maryland
#1. Carroll County: 1.4%
#1. Howard County: 1.4%
#3. Queen Anne's County: 1.5%
#4. Anne Arundel County: 1.6%
#4. Calvert County: 1.6%

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