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

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 5.2% (sa) in March, 2016. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Hyde (12.5%), Graham (10%), and Tyrrell (9.9%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Buncombe (3.9%), Orange (4.2%), and Chatham (4.2%).

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

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North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in March, 2016
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in March, 2016
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 4.7
Alexander 4.3
Alleghany 5.7
Anson 5.7
Ashe 5.4
Avery 5.6
Beaufort 5.7
Bertie 6.6
Bladen 6.6
Brunswick 6.5
Buncombe 3.9
Burke 4.8
Cabarrus 4.6
Caldwell 5.3
Camden 5.2
Carteret 5.4
Caswell 5.4
Catawba 4.7
Chatham 4.2
Cherokee 5.7
Chowan 6.5
Clay 5.6
Cleveland 5.4
Columbus 6.2
Craven 5.3
Cumberland 6.3
Currituck 5.6
Dare 8.9
Davidson 4.8
Davie 4.4
Duplin 5.2
Durham 4.5
Edgecombe 8.4
Forsyth 4.9
Franklin 5.1
Gaston 5.1
Gates 5
Graham 10
Granville 4.3
Greene 4.8
Guilford 5.2
Halifax 7.7
Harnett 5.8
Haywood 4.7
Henderson 4.3
Hertford 6.7
Hoke 6.4
Hyde 12.5
Iredell 4.8
Jackson 5.9
Johnston 4.7
Jones 4.9
Lee 5.9
Lenoir 5.2
Lincoln 4.7
McDowell 4.9
Macon 5.8
Madison 5.1
Martin 6.5
Mecklenburg 4.7
Mitchell 6.4
Montgomery 5
Moore 5.1
Nash 6.4
New Hanover 4.7
Northampton 7.2
Onslow 5.5
Orange 4.2
Pamlico 5.4
Pasquotank 6.5
Pender 5.3
Perquimans 6.3
Person 5.7
Pitt 5.3
Polk 4.6
Randolph 4.9
Richmond 6.8
Robeson 7.3
Rockingham 5.7
Rowan 5.4
Rutherford 6.9
Sampson 5.2
Scotland 8.9
Stanly 4.6
Stokes 4.8
Surry 4.8
Swain 7.4
Transylvania 5.1
Tyrrell 9.9
Union 4.4
Vance 6.8
Wake 4.3
Warren 7
Washington 7.1
Watauga 4.8
Wayne 5.4
Wilkes 4.8
Wilson 7.6
Yadkin 4.4
Yancey 5.2