North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in February, 2021
Updated on April 6, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 5.5% (sa) in February, 2021. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Scotland (11.3%), Dare (10.8%), and Hyde (10.7%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Orange (4.1%), Chatham (4.2%), and Watauga (4.4%).

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

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North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in February, 2021
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in February, 2021
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 5.8
Alexander 4.9
Alleghany 5.9
Anson 7.8
Ashe 5.2
Avery 5.1
Beaufort 5.7
Bertie 6.4
Bladen 6.4
Brunswick 7.5
Buncombe 5.3
Burke 5.5
Cabarrus 5.3
Caldwell 6
Camden 4.5
Carteret 5.3
Caswell 6.3
Catawba 5.6
Chatham 4.2
Cherokee 5.9
Chowan 6
Clay 6.1
Cleveland 6.3
Columbus 7.6
Craven 5.7
Cumberland 7.9
Currituck 5.6
Dare 10.8
Davidson 5.4
Davie 4.9
Duplin 5.1
Durham 5
Edgecombe 9.6
Forsyth 5.8
Franklin 5.5
Gaston 6.2
Gates 5.1
Graham 9.1
Granville 4.7
Greene 4.9
Guilford 6.6
Halifax 8.7
Harnett 6.2
Haywood 5.3
Henderson 5
Hertford 6.6
Hoke 7.6
Hyde 10.7
Iredell 5.5
Jackson 5.6
Johnston 5.1
Jones 5
Lee 6
Lenoir 5.7
Lincoln 4.9
McDowell 5.4
Macon 5.4
Madison 5.4
Martin 6.7
Mecklenburg 5.9
Mitchell 6.3
Montgomery 5.4
Moore 5.3
Nash 7.2
New Hanover 5.2
Northampton 7.5
Onslow 6
Orange 4.1
Pamlico 5.3
Pasquotank 6.6
Pender 5.1
Perquimans 6.3
Person 6
Pitt 5.8
Polk 5.3
Randolph 5.6
Richmond 8.5
Robeson 8.7
Rockingham 6.8
Rowan 6
Rutherford 7.6
Sampson 5.3
Scotland 11.3
Stanly 5.4
Stokes 5.1
Surry 5.2
Swain 6.2
Transylvania 5
Tyrrell 10.7
Union 4.6
Vance 9.2
Wake 4.8
Warren 8.7
Washington 8.6
Watauga 4.4
Wayne 5.9
Wilkes 5.5
Wilson 7.4
Yadkin 5.1
Yancey 5.3