Demographics Table
Demographic Data Report for North Carolina by County
Workforce: Unemployed
Ages 16+, All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes
2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-Year Data
Sorted by Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Value (Percent)
|
People (Unemployed)
|
Rank within US (of 3143 counties) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | N/A | 4.8 | 253,256 | 20 of 52 |
| United States | N/A | 5.2 | 8,759,317 | N/A |
| Madison County | Urban | 2.6 | 261 | 438 |
| Currituck County | Urban | 2.9 | 448 | 544 |
| Macon County | Rural | 2.9 | 492 | 544 |
| Montgomery County | Rural | 2.9 | 326 | 544 |
| Chatham County | Urban | 3.0 | 1,129 | 602 |
| Hyde County | Rural | 3.0 | 50 | 602 |
| Henderson County | Urban | 3.3 | 1,872 | 755 |
| Haywood County | Rural | 3.4 | 981 | 822 |
| Buncombe County | Urban | 3.5 | 4,770 | 882 |
| Lincoln County | Urban | 3.6 | 1,614 | 951 |
| Orange County | Urban | 3.6 | 2,738 | 951 |
| Transylvania County | Rural | 3.6 | 535 | 951 |
| Randolph County | Urban | 3.7 | 2,590 | 1,027 |
| Johnston County | Urban | 3.9 | 4,560 | 1,152 |
| Person County | Urban | 3.9 | 764 | 1,152 |
| Davidson County | Urban | 4.0 | 3,302 | 1,219 |
| Lee County | Rural | 4.0 | 1,237 | 1,219 |
| Jones County | Rural | 4.1 | 167 | 1,291 |
| Stanly County | Rural | 4.1 | 1,212 | 1,291 |
| Catawba County | Urban | 4.2 | 3,370 | 1,363 |
| Clay County | Rural | 4.2 | 184 | 1,363 |
| Durham County | Urban | 4.2 | 7,545 | 1,363 |
| Mecklenburg County | Urban | 4.2 | 27,284 | 1,363 |
| Union County | Urban | 4.2 | 5,352 | 1,363 |
| Wake County | Urban | 4.2 | 26,495 | 1,363 |
| Bladen County | Rural | 4.3 | 503 | 1,433 |
| Carteret County | Rural | 4.3 | 1,369 | 1,433 |
| Polk County | Rural | 4.3 | 394 | 1,433 |
| Granville County | Rural | 4.4 | 1,244 | 1,487 |
| Iredell County | Urban | 4.4 | 4,400 | 1,487 |
| Cabarrus County | Urban | 4.5 | 5,521 | 1,561 |
| Craven County | Rural | 4.5 | 1,915 | 1,561 |
| Davie County | Urban | 4.5 | 954 | 1,561 |
| Pamlico County | Rural | 4.5 | 211 | 1,561 |
| Moore County | Urban | 4.6 | 2,023 | 1,626 |
| Stokes County | Urban | 4.6 | 959 | 1,626 |
| Columbus County | Rural | 4.7 | 965 | 1,695 |
| Duplin County | Rural | 4.7 | 1,086 | 1,695 |
| Guilford County | Urban | 4.7 | 13,221 | 1,695 |
| McDowell County | Rural | 4.7 | 914 | 1,695 |
| New Hanover County | Urban | 4.7 | 5,904 | 1,695 |
| Avery County | Rural | 4.8 | 343 | 1,766 |
| Burke County | Urban | 4.8 | 2,024 | 1,766 |
| Caldwell County | Urban | 4.8 | 1,844 | 1,766 |
| Gaston County | Urban | 4.8 | 5,552 | 1,766 |
| Alamance County | Urban | 4.9 | 4,305 | 1,839 |
| Camden County | Urban | 4.9 | 259 | 1,839 |
| Wilkes County | Rural | 4.9 | 1,484 | 1,839 |
| Harnett County | Rural | 5.0 | 2,907 | 1,898 |
| Perquimans County | Rural | 5.0 | 269 | 1,898 |
| Surry County | Rural | 5.0 | 1,666 | 1,898 |
| Tyrrell County | Rural | 5.1 | 63 | 1,957 |
| Alexander County | Urban | 5.2 | 877 | 2,015 |
| Brunswick County | Urban | 5.2 | 3,206 | 2,015 |
| Hertford County | Rural | 5.2 | 461 | 2,015 |
| Sampson County | Rural | 5.2 | 1,375 | 2,015 |
| Forsyth County | Urban | 5.3 | 10,179 | 2,079 |
| Alleghany County | Rural | 5.4 | 242 | 2,132 |
| Ashe County | Rural | 5.4 | 642 | 2,132 |
| Beaufort County | Rural | 5.4 | 1,112 | 2,132 |
| Cherokee County | Rural | 5.4 | 670 | 2,132 |
| Wayne County | Urban | 5.4 | 2,856 | 2,132 |
| Yadkin County | Urban | 5.4 | 969 | 2,132 |
| Franklin County | Urban | 5.5 | 1,991 | 2,198 |
| Rutherford County | Rural | 5.5 | 1,575 | 2,198 |
| Greene County | Rural | 5.6 | 478 | 2,254 |
| Caswell County | Rural | 5.7 | 562 | 2,295 |
| Cleveland County | Rural | 5.7 | 2,692 | 2,295 |
| Onslow County | Urban | 5.8 | 4,258 | 2,339 |
| Chowan County | Rural | 5.9 | 385 | 2,383 |
| Dare County | Rural | 5.9 | 1,185 | 2,383 |
| Rowan County | Urban | 5.9 | 4,221 | 2,383 |
| Pender County | Urban | 6.0 | 1,838 | 2,428 |
| Wilson County | Rural | 6.0 | 2,138 | 2,428 |
| Yancey County | Rural | 6.0 | 488 | 2,428 |
| Nash County | Urban | 6.2 | 2,826 | 2,506 |
| Robeson County | Rural | 6.3 | 2,861 | 2,542 |
| Rockingham County | Urban | 6.3 | 2,723 | 2,542 |
| Graham County | Rural | 6.4 | 232 | 2,585 |
| Jackson County | Rural | 6.4 | 1,331 | 2,585 |
| Mitchell County | Rural | 6.5 | 464 | 2,613 |
| Northampton County | Rural | 6.5 | 474 | 2,613 |
| Pasquotank County | Rural | 6.6 | 1,239 | 2,640 |
| Vance County | Rural | 6.8 | 1,338 | 2,695 |
| Anson County | Urban | 6.9 | 630 | 2,718 |
| Martin County | Rural | 7.0 | 699 | 2,746 |
| Lenoir County | Rural | 7.2 | 1,768 | 2,783 |
| Hoke County | Urban | 7.4 | 1,528 | 2,824 |
| Pitt County | Urban | 7.6 | 6,614 | 2,858 |
| Cumberland County | Urban | 7.7 | 10,457 | 2,872 |
| Edgecombe County | Urban | 8.0 | 1,783 | 2,909 |
| Warren County | Rural | 8.0 | 636 | 2,909 |
| Swain County | Rural | 8.3 | 524 | 2,928 |
| Bertie County | Rural | 8.4 | 543 | 2,937 |
| Halifax County | Rural | 8.7 | 1,719 | 2,973 |
| Gates County | Urban | 9.0 | 432 | 2,992 |
| Watauga County | Rural | 9.0 | 2,621 | 2,992 |
| Richmond County | Rural | 9.6 | 1,863 | 3,025 |
| Scotland County | Rural | 10.1 | 1,476 | 3,050 |
| Washington County | Rural | 11.2 | 498 | 3,087 |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 4:03 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 4:03 am.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: Demographic data provided by the Census Bureau and the American Community Survey.
For more information about Workforce: Unemployed, see the dictionary.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.