North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in November, 2024
Updated on February 7, 2025.

According to data from the US BLS, the unemployment rate of North Carolina was 3.7% (sa) in November, 2024. Among all North Carolina counties, these 3 were among those with high unemployment rates (nsa): Mitchell (9.1%), Buncombe (7.4%), and Madison (6.7%).

On the hand, the following three counties were among those with low unemployment rates (nsa): Orange (2.9%), Currituck (2.9%), and New Hanover (3%).

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

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North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in November, 2024
North Carolina Unemployment Rate By County in November, 2024
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County Unemployment Rate (%)
Alamance 3.4
Alexander 3.4
Alleghany 4.1
Anson 4
Ashe 3.4
Avery 6.5
Beaufort 3.8
Bertie 4.9
Bladen 4.3
Brunswick 4.5
Buncombe 7.4
Burke 4
Cabarrus 3.3
Caldwell 3.8
Camden 3.2
Carteret 3.3
Caswell 3.5
Catawba 3.5
Chatham 3.1
Cherokee 3.9
Chowan 3.6
Clay 3.6
Cleveland 3.6
Columbus 3.9
Craven 3.6
Cumberland 4.7
Currituck 2.9
Dare 3.2
Davidson 3.6
Davie 3.3
Duplin 3.4
Durham 3.1
Edgecombe 5.3
Forsyth 3.6
Franklin 3.5
Gaston 3.5
Gates 3.3
Graham 4.5
Granville 3.1
Greene 3.1
Guilford 4
Halifax 5
Harnett 3.9
Haywood 4.4
Henderson 4.2
Hertford 4.8
Hoke 4.4
Hyde 4.2
Iredell 3.3
Jackson 3.6
Johnston 3.3
Jones 3.4
Lee 4.1
Lenoir 3.4
Lincoln 3.1
McDowell 5.3
Macon 3.3
Madison 6.7
Martin 4.6
Mecklenburg 3.4
Mitchell 9.1
Montgomery 3.7
Moore 3.5
Nash 4.6
New Hanover 3
Northampton 4.6
Onslow 4
Orange 2.9
Pamlico 3.2
Pasquotank 3.9
Pender 3.1
Perquimans 4.4
Person 3.5
Pitt 3.7
Polk 4.1
Randolph 3.6
Richmond 4.9
Robeson 5
Rockingham 3.9
Rowan 3.4
Rutherford 5.8
Sampson 3.7
Scotland 5.9
Stanly 3.2
Stokes 3.4
Surry 3.3
Swain 3.4
Transylvania 3.9
Tyrrell 3.6
Union 3.1
Vance 5.1
Wake 3.1
Warren 5.7
Washington 4.3
Watauga 3.5
Wayne 3.8
Wilkes 4
Wilson 5.1
Yadkin 3.1
Yancey 6.3