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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
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Rank within US
(of 3143 counties)
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North Carolina N/A 4.8 253,256 20 of 52
United States N/A 5.2 8,759,317 N/A
Alamance County Urban 4.9 4,305 1,839
Alexander County Urban 5.2 877 2,015
Anson County Urban 6.9 630 2,718
Brunswick County Urban 5.2 3,206 2,015
Buncombe County Urban 3.5 4,770 882
Burke County Urban 4.8 2,024 1,766
Cabarrus County Urban 4.5 5,521 1,561
Caldwell County Urban 4.8 1,844 1,766
Camden County Urban 4.9 259 1,839
Catawba County Urban 4.2 3,370 1,363
Chatham County Urban 3.0 1,129 602
Cumberland County Urban 7.7 10,457 2,872
Currituck County Urban 2.9 448 544
Davidson County Urban 4.0 3,302 1,219
Davie County Urban 4.5 954 1,561
Durham County Urban 4.2 7,545 1,363
Edgecombe County Urban 8.0 1,783 2,909
Forsyth County Urban 5.3 10,179 2,079
Franklin County Urban 5.5 1,991 2,198
Gaston County Urban 4.8 5,552 1,766
Gates County Urban 9.0 432 2,992
Guilford County Urban 4.7 13,221 1,695
Henderson County Urban 3.3 1,872 755
Hoke County Urban 7.4 1,528 2,824
Iredell County Urban 4.4 4,400 1,487
Johnston County Urban 3.9 4,560 1,152
Lincoln County Urban 3.6 1,614 951
Madison County Urban 2.6 261 438
Mecklenburg County Urban 4.2 27,284 1,363
Moore County Urban 4.6 2,023 1,626
Nash County Urban 6.2 2,826 2,506
New Hanover County Urban 4.7 5,904 1,695
Onslow County Urban 5.8 4,258 2,339
Orange County Urban 3.6 2,738 951
Pender County Urban 6.0 1,838 2,428
Person County Urban 3.9 764 1,152
Pitt County Urban 7.6 6,614 2,858
Randolph County Urban 3.7 2,590 1,027
Rockingham County Urban 6.3 2,723 2,542
Rowan County Urban 5.9 4,221 2,383
Stokes County Urban 4.6 959 1,626
Union County Urban 4.2 5,352 1,363
Wake County Urban 4.2 26,495 1,363
Wayne County Urban 5.4 2,856 2,132
Yadkin County Urban 5.4 969 2,132
Alleghany County Rural 5.4 242 2,132
Ashe County Rural 5.4 642 2,132
Avery County Rural 4.8 343 1,766
Beaufort County Rural 5.4 1,112 2,132
Bertie County Rural 8.4 543 2,937
Bladen County Rural 4.3 503 1,433
Carteret County Rural 4.3 1,369 1,433
Caswell County Rural 5.7 562 2,295
Cherokee County Rural 5.4 670 2,132
Chowan County Rural 5.9 385 2,383
Clay County Rural 4.2 184 1,363
Cleveland County Rural 5.7 2,692 2,295
Columbus County Rural 4.7 965 1,695
Craven County Rural 4.5 1,915 1,561
Dare County Rural 5.9 1,185 2,383
Duplin County Rural 4.7 1,086 1,695
Graham County Rural 6.4 232 2,585
Granville County Rural 4.4 1,244 1,487
Greene County Rural 5.6 478 2,254
Halifax County Rural 8.7 1,719 2,973
Harnett County Rural 5.0 2,907 1,898
Haywood County Rural 3.4 981 822
Hertford County Rural 5.2 461 2,015
Hyde County Rural 3.0 50 602
Jackson County Rural 6.4 1,331 2,585
Jones County Rural 4.1 167 1,291
Lee County Rural 4.0 1,237 1,219
Lenoir County Rural 7.2 1,768 2,783
Macon County Rural 2.9 492 544
Martin County Rural 7.0 699 2,746
McDowell County Rural 4.7 914 1,695
Mitchell County Rural 6.5 464 2,613
Montgomery County Rural 2.9 326 544
Northampton County Rural 6.5 474 2,613
Pamlico County Rural 4.5 211 1,561
Pasquotank County Rural 6.6 1,239 2,640
Perquimans County Rural 5.0 269 1,898
Polk County Rural 4.3 394 1,433
Richmond County Rural 9.6 1,863 3,025
Robeson County Rural 6.3 2,861 2,542
Rutherford County Rural 5.5 1,575 2,198
Sampson County Rural 5.2 1,375 2,015
Scotland County Rural 10.1 1,476 3,050
Stanly County Rural 4.1 1,212 1,291
Surry County Rural 5.0 1,666 1,898
Swain County Rural 8.3 524 2,928
Transylvania County Rural 3.6 535 951
Tyrrell County Rural 5.1 63 1,957
Vance County Rural 6.8 1,338 2,695
Warren County Rural 8.0 636 2,909
Washington County Rural 11.2 498 3,087
Watauga County Rural 9.0 2,621 2,992
Wilkes County Rural 4.9 1,484 1,839
Wilson County Rural 6.0 2,138 2,428
Yancey County Rural 6.0 488 2,428
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/15/2025 4:54 pm.

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.

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