North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2009
Updated on April 6, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 11.4% (sa) in May, 2009. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Scotland (18.3%), McDowell (17.4%), and Rutherford (17.1%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Currituck (6.5%), Orange (7.1%), and Hyde (7.6%).

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, 2009
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in May, 2009
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 12.4
Alexander 15.6
Alleghany 12.3
Anson 15.8
Ashe 13.2
Avery 9.9
Beaufort 12.1
Bertie 11.4
Bladen 12.7
Brunswick 10.8
Buncombe 9
Burke 15
Cabarrus 11.6
Caldwell 15.7
Camden 8.1
Carteret 8.7
Caswell 13.5
Catawba 15.4
Chatham 8.7
Cherokee 16
Chowan 12.1
Clay 12.5
Cleveland 16.4
Columbus 13.4
Craven 11.3
Cumberland 9.5
Currituck 6.5
Dare 8.8
Davidson 13.8
Davie 13
Duplin 9.8
Durham 8.3
Edgecombe 16.1
Forsyth 10.3
Franklin 11
Gaston 15
Gates 7.9
Graham 17
Granville 11.4
Greene 11.8
Guilford 11.4
Halifax 14.7
Harnett 12.3
Haywood 10.1
Henderson 9.8
Hertford 10.7
Hoke 8.4
Hyde 7.6
Iredell 13.8
Jackson 9.5
Johnston 10.5
Jones 11.4
Lee 15.7
Lenoir 13
Lincoln 15
McDowell 17.4
Macon 11.2
Madison 10.1
Martin 11.5
Mecklenburg 11.2
Mitchell 13
Montgomery 14.5
Moore 10.9
Nash 13.6
New Hanover 9.7
Northampton 11.5
Onslow 9.2
Orange 7.1
Pamlico 10.5
Pasquotank 10.5
Pender 11.4
Perquimans 11.2
Person 12.4
Pitt 11.3
Polk 10
Randolph 12.2
Richmond 14.9
Robeson 12.6
Rockingham 14.5
Rowan 13.9
Rutherford 17.1
Sampson 9.2
Scotland 18.3
Stanly 12.9
Stokes 11.7
Surry 13.7
Swain 12.1
Transylvania 9.6
Tyrrell 10.8
Union 10.8
Vance 14.5
Wake 8.9
Warren 13.5
Washington 12.3
Watauga 8.7
Wayne 9.2
Wilkes 13.3
Wilson 14.2
Yadkin 11.9
Yancey 12.2