Most unemployment among over-55s in Germany

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The 50 districts in Germany with the highest share of the unemployed aged 55 to 64, and the 50 with the lowest, out of 400 with a published figure.

Most unemployment among over-55s

	District	State	Postal code	Share of the unemployed aged 55 to 64
1	Haßberge	Bavaria	97478	38.9 %
2	Bamberg, Landkreis	Bavaria	96158	38.6 %
3	Rhön-Grabfeld	Bavaria	97645	38.6 %
4	Freyung-Grafenau	Bavaria	94160	38.5 %
5	Lichtenfels	Bavaria	96250	38.4 %
6	Bayreuth, Landkreis	Bavaria	95488	37.9 %
7	Südwestpfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	66978	37.6 %
8	Saale-Orla-Kreis	Thuringia	07806	37.4 %
9	Schweinfurt, Landkreis	Bavaria	97508	37.3 %
10	Görlitz	Saxony	02797	37.1 %
11	Bautzen	Saxony	02621	36.9 %
12	Dingolfing-Landau	Bavaria	84183	36.9 %
13	Kulmbach	Bavaria	95361	36.0 %
14	Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate	67742	35.9 %
15	Kronach	Bavaria	96349	35.7 %
16	Forchheim	Bavaria	91346	35.4 %
17	Neustadt a.d.Waldnaab	Bavaria	92705	35.3 %
18	Meißen	Saxony	01609	35.2 %
19	Greiz	Thuringia	07950	35.1 %
20	Deggendorf	Bavaria	94541	35.0 %
21	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	Brandenburg	01994	35.0 %
22	Tirschenreuth	Bavaria	95679	35.0 %
23	Miesbach	Bavaria	83707	34.9 %
24	Straubing-Bogen	Bavaria	94357	34.7 %
25	Elbe-Elster	Brandenburg	04924	34.6 %
26	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Bavaria	82475	34.6 %
27	Oberallgäu	Bavaria	87497	34.4 %
28	Roth	Bavaria	91166	34.3 %
29	Spree-Neiße	Brandenburg	03139	34.3 %
30	Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis	Baden-Württemberg	74821	34.1 %
31	Wunsiedel i.Fichtelgebirge	Bavaria	95615	34.1 %
32	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	67165	34.0 %
33	Aichach-Friedberg	Bavaria	86510	33.9 %
34	Regen	Bavaria	94253	33.9 %
35	Cham	Bavaria	93468	33.7 %
36	Hof, Landkreis	Bavaria	95188	33.7 %
37	Unterallgäu	Bavaria	87751	33.6 %
38	Würzburg, Landkreis	Bavaria	97256	33.6 %
39	Passau, Landkreis	Bavaria	94148	33.5 %
40	Nordsachsen	Saxony	04774	33.3 %
41	Amberg-Sulzbach	Bavaria	92265	33.2 %
42	Landshut, Landkreis	Bavaria	84137	33.2 %
43	Fürth, Landkreis	Bavaria	90574	33.1 %
44	Hohenlohekreis	Baden-Württemberg	74639	33.1 %
45	Coburg, Landkreis	Bavaria	96472	33.0 %
46	Main-Tauber-Kreis	Baden-Württemberg	97953	33.0 %
47	Bad Dürkheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	67271	32.9 %
48	Ostallgäu	Bavaria	87650	32.7 %
49	Weilheim-Schongau	Bavaria	82401	32.7 %
50	Ansbach, Landkreis	Bavaria	91614	32.6 %

Least unemployment among over-55s

	District	State	Postal code	Share of the unemployed aged 55 to 64
1	Hamm	North Rhine-Westphalia	59065	15.6 %
2	Essen	North Rhine-Westphalia	45131	16.1 %
3	Wolfsburg	Lower Saxony	38439	16.3 %
4	Wiesbaden	Hesse	65182	16.4 %
5	Bremen	Bremen	28219	16.8 %
6	Darmstadt	Hesse	64285	16.9 %
7	Dortmund	North Rhine-Westphalia	44147	16.9 %
8	Salzgitter	Lower Saxony	38236	16.9 %
9	Herne	North Rhine-Westphalia	44629	17.1 %
10	Freiburg im Breisgau	Baden-Württemberg	79095	17.4 %
11	Wuppertal	North Rhine-Westphalia	42271	17.5 %
12	Gelsenkirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	45886	17.6 %
13	Kassel	Hesse	34123	17.7 %
14	Kiel	Schleswig-Holstein	24113	17.7 %
15	Frankfurt am Main	Hesse	60439	17.8 %
16	Stuttgart	Baden-Württemberg	70327	17.8 %
17	Berlin	Berlin	12039	17.9 %
18	Trier	Rhineland-Palatinate	54290	18.2 %
19	Halle (Saale)	Saxony-Anhalt	06106	18.3 %
20	Düren	North Rhine-Westphalia	52391	18.5 %
21	Leipzig	Saxony	04207	18.5 %
22	Bremerhaven	Bremen	27574	18.7 %
23	Emden	Lower Saxony	26723	18.7 %
24	Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	24937	18.8 %
25	Hamburg	Hamburg	22102	18.8 %
26	Oldenburg (Oldb)	Lower Saxony	26114	18.8 %
27	Gießen	Hesse	35410	18.9 %
28	Mainz	Rhineland-Palatinate	55126	18.9 %
29	Bottrop	North Rhine-Westphalia	46240	19.0 %
30	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	Hesse	63517	19.0 %
31	Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	49082	19.0 %
32	Pforzheim	Baden-Württemberg	75172	19.2 %
33	Solingen	North Rhine-Westphalia	42657	19.2 %
34	Gifhorn	Lower Saxony	38479	19.3 %
35	Göttingen	Lower Saxony	37124	19.3 %
36	Offenbach	Hesse	63257	19.3 %
37	Regensburg	Bavaria	93045	19.3 %
38	Marburg-Biedenkopf	Hesse	35096	19.6 %
39	Worms	Rhineland-Palatinate	67549	19.6 %
40	Groß-Gerau	Hesse	64584	19.7 %
41	Köln	North Rhine-Westphalia	50767	19.7 %
42	Ludwigshafen am Rhein	Rhineland-Palatinate	67067	19.7 %
43	Neumünster	Schleswig-Holstein	24536	19.7 %
44	Potsdam	Brandenburg	14465	19.8 %
45	Region Hannover	Lower Saxony	30622	19.8 %
46	Oberhausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	46117	19.9 %
47	Duisburg	North Rhine-Westphalia	47167	20.0 %
48	Schwerin	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	19055	20.1 %
49	Lübeck	Schleswig-Holstein	23554	20.2 %
50	Ulm	Baden-Württemberg	89073	20.3 %

One row per district. Germany publishes these figures only by Kreis — the rates need a labour force or population estimate that does not exist below district level — so one row covers every postal code inside that district. The postal code shown is one of them. Places whose figure the statistical offices withhold are absent rather than shown as zero.