Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Oklahoma

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November 15, 2022
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Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Oklahoma

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 Oklahoma using data from the BLS. Counties are ranked by unemployment rate in September 2022.

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#50. Grady County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 27,092 (841 unemployed)

#49. Payne County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 38,494 (1,180 unemployed)

#48. Beckham County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 9,162 (292 unemployed)

#47. Ottawa County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.9%
- Total labor force: 14,668 (463 unemployed)

#46. Rogers County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 46,155 (1,465 unemployed)
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#45. Wagoner County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.2%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 39,608 (1,282 unemployed)

#44. Coal County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 2,218 (74 unemployed)

#43. Craig County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 5,764 (192 unemployed)

#42. Delaware County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 19,042 (623 unemployed)

#41. Jefferson County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 2,385 (78 unemployed)
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#40. Mayes County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 19,579 (653 unemployed)

#39. Oklahoma County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 397,815 (12,986 unemployed)

#38. Tulsa County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 330,381 (10,968 unemployed)

#37. Kiowa County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 3,550 (121 unemployed)

#36. Lincoln County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 16,026 (542 unemployed)
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#35. Marshall County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 7,372 (249 unemployed)

#34. Tillman County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: -2.0%
- Total labor force: 2,743 (93 unemployed)

#33. Woodward County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.4%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 8,200 (282 unemployed)

#32. Adair County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 8,352 (296 unemployed)

#31. Murray County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 6,106 (211 unemployed)
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#30. Washington County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 22,090 (783 unemployed)

#29. Washita County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.5%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.2%
- Total labor force: 4,809 (170 unemployed)

#28. Caddo County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.6%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.9%
- Total labor force: 11,650 (420 unemployed)

#27. Cotton County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.6%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 2,620 (94 unemployed)

#26. Cherokee County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 19,809 (742 unemployed)
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#25. Stephens County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.7%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.4%
- Total labor force: 18,566 (691 unemployed)

#24. Carter County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.5%
- Total labor force: 21,511 (828 unemployed)

#23. Creek County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.8%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 31,758 (1,209 unemployed)

#22. Osage County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 20,690 (781 unemployed)

#21. Sequoyah County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.8%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 16,495 (634 unemployed)
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#20. Kay County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 18,252 (709 unemployed)

#19. Muskogee County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 28,136 (1,102 unemployed)

#18. Pawnee County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.9%
- Total labor force: 7,373 (284 unemployed)

#17. Pottawatomie County

- Current unemployment rate: 3.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 32,817 (1,272 unemployed)

#16. Comanche County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.1%
--- 1 month change: +0.1%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 47,478 (1,930 unemployed)
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#15. Hughes County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.6%
--- 1 year change: +0.3%
- Total labor force: 5,009 (206 unemployed)

#14. McCurtain County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 15,687 (643 unemployed)

#13. Pushmataha County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.1%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +1.1%
- Total labor force: 4,462 (182 unemployed)

#12. Greer County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 1,742 (73 unemployed)

#11. Johnston County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.2%
--- 1 month change: +0.3%
--- 1 year change: +0.6%
- Total labor force: 3,648 (152 unemployed)
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#10. Atoka County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.3%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +0.9%
- Total labor force: 5,002 (215 unemployed)

#9. Le Flore County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.3%
--- 1 month change: +0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 19,245 (818 unemployed)

#8. Okfuskee County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.4%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 4,402 (193 unemployed)

#7. Okmulgee County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.6%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 15,707 (715 unemployed)

#6. Seminole County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.6%
--- 1 month change: -0.5%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 9,208 (425 unemployed)
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#5. Choctaw County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.7%
--- 1 month change: -0.4%
--- 1 year change: +0.8%
- Total labor force: 5,841 (276 unemployed)

#4. Haskell County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.1%
--- 1 year change: +1.1%
- Total labor force: 3,904 (192 unemployed)

#3. Pittsburg County

- Current unemployment rate: 4.9%
--- 1 month change: -0.2%
--- 1 year change: +0.7%
- Total labor force: 15,979 (783 unemployed)

#2. McIntosh County

- Current unemployment rate: 5.4%
--- 1 month change: -0.3%
--- 1 year change: +1.0%
- Total labor force: 7,200 (387 unemployed)

#1. Latimer County

- Current unemployment rate: 7.0%
--- 1 month change: 0.0%
--- 1 year change: +1.7%
- Total labor force: 3,061 (213 unemployed)
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