By Stacker
Unemployment rates, while significantly lower than the alarming pandemic peak of 14.7 percent experienced in April 2020, 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 April 2023, national unemployment is at 3.4 percent, with little change from March. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates by state demonstrate a rather sizable spectrum, ranging from just 1.9 percent in South Dakota to 5.4 percent in Nevada.
Stacker compiled a list of counties with the highest unemployment rates in Maryland using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counties are ranked by their preliminary unemployment rate in March 2023, with initial ties broken by the number of unemployed people within that county, though some ties may remain.
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#24. Howard County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.8 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.6 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 189,374 people (3,434 unemployed)
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#23. Queen Anne’s County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.9 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 28,803 people (548 unemployed)
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#22. Carroll County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 1.9 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.6 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 96,364 people (1,785 unemployed)
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#21. Calvert County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.7 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 50,016 people (1,007 unemployed)
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#20. Anne Arundel County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.7 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 316,867 people (6,301 unemployed)
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#19. Montgomery County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.6 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 555,185 people (10,965 unemployed)
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#18. St. Mary’s County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1%
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 58,254 people (1,240 unemployed)
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#17. Frederick County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.1 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.7 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 139,119 people (2,877 unemployed)
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#16. Caroline County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.9 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 18,179 people (404 unemployed)
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#15. Harford County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.7 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.8 percentage points
– Total labor force: 141,700 people (3,054 unemployed)
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#14. Talbot County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 1.0 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.1 percentage points
– Total labor force: 17,821 people (427 unemployed)
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#13. Cecil County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 55,431 people (1,318 unemployed)
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#12. Charles County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.6 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 87,731 people (2,067 unemployed)
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#11. Baltimore County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 448,315 people (10,761 unemployed)
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#10. Prince George’s County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.4 percentage points
– Total labor force: 502,642 people (12,292 unemployed)
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#9. Kent County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.5 percent
— 1 month change: Down 1.3 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.2 percentage points
– Total labor force: 10,489 people (263 unemployed)
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#8. Dorchester County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.7 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.9 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.1 percentage points
– Total labor force: 16,171 people (433 unemployed)
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#7. Washington County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.7 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.8 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.7 percentage points
– Total labor force: 72,466 people (1,928 unemployed)
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#6. Garrett County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 2.8 percent
— 1 month change: Down 1.1 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 0.9 percentage points
– Total labor force: 15,733 people (447 unemployed)
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#5. Wicomico County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 3 percent
— 1 month change: Down 1.0 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 51,422 people (1,555 unemployed)
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#4. Allegany County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 3.2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.9 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.0 percentage points
– Total labor force: 31,806 people (1,009 unemployed)
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#3. Baltimore city
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 3.2 percent
— 1 month change: Down 0.9 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.1 percentage points
– Total labor force: 275,799 people (8,705 unemployed)
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#2. Somerset County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 3.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 1.2 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.6 percentage points
– Total labor force: 9,328 people (316 unemployed)
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#1. Worcester County
– March unemployment rate (preliminary): 4.4 percent
— 1 month change: Down 2.0 percentage points
— 1 year change: Down 1.4 percentage points
– Total labor force: 25,525 people (1,135 unemployed)
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