Stacker puts statistics on Garfield County’s unemployment rate at U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro area unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Garfield County’s unemployment rate is 2.2% in April 2023, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous month. Colorado’s unemployment rate was 2.8% in May, the 17th lowest in the nation. The national unemployment rate rose to 3.7% last month, still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The Glenwood Springs, Colorado metropolitan area had an unemployment rate of 2.3%, 0.1 percentage point higher than Garfield County. Glenwood Springs has the 163rd lowest unemployment rate among the 887 metropolitan and microregions surveyed in the nation.

Counties with the Highest Unemployment Rates in Colorado
#1. San Miguel County: 5.1%
#2. Welfano County: 4.7%
#3. Fremont County: 3.9%
#4. Las Animas County: 3.8%
#5. Costilla County: 3.6%

County with Lowest Unemployment Rate in Colorado
#1. Kit Carson County: 1.4%
#1. Phillips County: 1.4%
#1. Yuma County: 1.4%
#4. Baka County: 1.5%
#4. Cheyenne County: 1.5%