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 economic experts bandy around the idea of a potential recession by 2023. The last economic recession—the Great Recession of 2008-2010—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 October of this year, national unemployment is at 3.7%, 0.2% higher than in September. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, 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, Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rate in Nevada using data from the BLS. 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)
