North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in January, 2016
Updated on April 6, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 5.3% (sa) in January, 2016. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Hyde (15.4%), Graham (13.1%), and Tyrrell (12.8%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Buncombe (4.2%), Orange (4.4%), and Wake (4.5%).

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

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North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in January, 2016
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in January, 2016
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 5
Alexander 4.7
Alleghany 6.5
Anson 6.1
Ashe 6
Avery 5.9
Beaufort 6.1
Bertie 7.5
Bladen 7.6
Brunswick 7.9
Buncombe 4.2
Burke 5.3
Cabarrus 4.8
Caldwell 5.6
Camden 5.6
Carteret 6.3
Caswell 6
Catawba 5.1
Chatham 4.6
Cherokee 6.5
Chowan 7.2
Clay 6.4
Cleveland 5.9
Columbus 7.5
Craven 5.7
Cumberland 6.7
Currituck 6.6
Dare 12.7
Davidson 5.1
Davie 4.7
Duplin 5.8
Durham 4.8
Edgecombe 9.1
Forsyth 5.1
Franklin 5.6
Gaston 5.5
Gates 5.2
Graham 13.1
Granville 4.6
Greene 5.4
Guilford 5.5
Halifax 8.5
Harnett 6.2
Haywood 5.2
Henderson 4.7
Hertford 7
Hoke 7
Hyde 15.4
Iredell 5.2
Jackson 6.5
Johnston 5
Jones 5.5
Lee 6.5
Lenoir 5.7
Lincoln 5.2
McDowell 5.3
Macon 6.6
Madison 5.4
Martin 7.3
Mecklenburg 4.9
Mitchell 7
Montgomery 5.6
Moore 5.7
Nash 6.7
New Hanover 5.3
Northampton 7.6
Onslow 5.9
Orange 4.4
Pamlico 5.9
Pasquotank 7.3
Pender 5.9
Perquimans 7.2
Person 6.1
Pitt 5.6
Polk 5.1
Randolph 5.3
Richmond 7.6
Robeson 7.9
Rockingham 6.1
Rowan 5.7
Rutherford 7.4
Sampson 5.9
Scotland 9.8
Stanly 4.9
Stokes 5.1
Surry 5.2
Swain 9.2
Transylvania 5.5
Tyrrell 12.8
Union 4.6
Vance 7.4
Wake 4.5
Warren 7.5
Washington 8.9
Watauga 4.8
Wayne 6
Wilkes 5.3
Wilson 8.1
Yadkin 4.7
Yancey 5.9