North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2003
Updated on April 6, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 6.9% (sa) in May, 2003. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Scotland (12%), Vance (11.2%), and Richmond (10.5%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Currituck (2.7%), Dare (3.4%), and Camden (4%).

The chart and table below shows the unemployment rate (nsa) for each county.

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North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2003
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2003
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 7.5
Alexander 7.7
Alleghany 9.5
Anson 9.6
Ashe 6.1
Avery 6.4
Beaufort 9.1
Bertie 6.8
Bladen 8.4
Brunswick 6.3
Buncombe 4.8
Burke 8.3
Cabarrus 6
Caldwell 8.3
Camden 4
Carteret 5.1
Caswell 9.1
Catawba 8.5
Chatham 5.6
Cherokee 9.3
Chowan 5.3
Clay 5.1
Cleveland 9
Columbus 8.1
Craven 6
Cumberland 6.5
Currituck 2.7
Dare 3.4
Davidson 8.3
Davie 7
Duplin 7.4
Durham 6
Edgecombe 10.4
Forsyth 5.7
Franklin 6.3
Gaston 7.8
Gates 4.3
Graham 7.8
Granville 8
Greene 7.4
Guilford 6.5
Halifax 8.1
Harnett 6.9
Haywood 5.3
Henderson 5
Hertford 5.9
Hoke 8.2
Hyde 5.6
Iredell 6.9
Jackson 4.8
Johnston 5.6
Jones 5.6
Lee 7.5
Lenoir 8.1
Lincoln 7.6
McDowell 8.9
Macon 4.7
Madison 5.5
Martin 6.9
Mecklenburg 6.1
Mitchell 7.8
Montgomery 9.3
Moore 6.9
Nash 7.6
New Hanover 6.1
Northampton 8.4
Onslow 6.6
Orange 4.4
Pamlico 5.2
Pasquotank 5.1
Pender 6.9
Perquimans 5.1
Person 7.8
Pitt 7
Polk 4.6
Randolph 6.4
Richmond 10.5
Robeson 8.8
Rockingham 8.6
Rowan 6.4
Rutherford 8.4
Sampson 6
Scotland 12
Stanly 7.3
Stokes 5.8
Surry 8.3
Swain 6.2
Transylvania 8.9
Tyrrell 7.9
Union 5.4
Vance 11.2
Wake 5.6
Warren 8.8
Washington 8.1
Watauga 4.4
Wayne 6.5
Wilkes 7.5
Wilson 9.7
Yadkin 6.2
Yancey 7.1