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Cities in North Carolina by civilian labor force

Charlotte, NC had the highest civilian labor force of 43 cities in 2014, at 429,834. Kinston, NC had the lowest, at 9,070. The median was 19,049. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest429,834Charlotte, NC
Lowest9,070Kinston, NC
Median19,04943 cities

All cities, 2014

Charlotte, NC: 429,834 personsCharlotte, NC429,834Raleigh, NC: 229,945 personsRaleigh, NC229,945Greensboro, NC: 138,783 personsGreensboro, NC138,783Durham, NC: 130,554 personsDurham, NC130,554Winston-Salem, NC: 111,522 personsWinston-Salem, NC111,522Cary, NC: 82,307 personsCary, NC82,307Fayetteville, NC: 73,682 personsFayetteville, NC73,682Wilmington, NC: 56,807 personsWilmington, NC56,807High Point, NC: 51,846 personsHigh Point, NC51,846Greenville, NC: 45,581 personsGreenville, NC45,581Asheville, NC: 45,538 personsAsheville, NC45,538Concord, NC: 41,351 personsConcord, NC41,351Gastonia, NC: 33,575 personsGastonia, NC33,575Chapel Hill, NC: 28,658 personsChapel Hill, NC28,658Huntersville, NC: 28,531 personsHuntersville, NC28,531Burlington, NC: 24,818 personsBurlington, NC24,818Rocky Mount, NC: 23,938 personsRocky Mount, NC23,938Apex, NC: 22,676 personsApex, NC22,676Wilson, NC: 21,667 personsWilson, NC21,667Kannapolis, NC: 20,454 personsKannapolis, NC20,454Hickory, NC: 19,212 personsHickory, NC19,212Jacksonville, NC: 19,049 personsJacksonville, NC19,049Indian Trail, NC: 18,178 personsIndian Trail, NC18,178Wake Forest, NC: 18,010 personsWake Forest, NC18,010Mooresville, NC: 17,909 personsMooresville, NC17,909Monroe, NC: 15,903 personsMonroe, NC15,903Matthews, NC: 15,640 personsMatthews, NC15,640Cornelius, NC: 15,375 personsCornelius, NC15,375Garner, NC: 14,966 personsGarner, NC14,966Holly Springs, NC: 14,561 personsHolly Springs, NC14,561Salisbury, NC: 13,098 personsSalisbury, NC13,098Kernersville, NC: 12,668 personsKernersville, NC12,668Mint Hill, NC: 12,634 personsMint Hill, NC12,634Morrisville, NC: 12,429 personsMorrisville, NC12,429Goldsboro, NC: 12,406 personsGoldsboro, NC12,406New Bern, NC: 12,117 personsNew Bern, NC12,117Thomasville, NC: 11,972 personsThomasville, NC11,972Sanford, NC: 11,648 personsSanford, NC11,648Asheboro, NC: 10,880 personsAsheboro, NC10,880Fuquay-Varina, NC: 10,742 personsFuquay-Varina, NC10,742Statesville, NC: 10,722 personsStatesville, NC10,722Clayton, NC: 9,274 personsClayton, NC9,274Kinston, NC: 9,070 personsKinston, NC9,070Charlotte, NC: 429,834 personsCharlotte, NC429,834Raleigh, NC: 229,945 personsRaleigh, NC229,945Greensboro, NC: 138,783 personsGreensboro, NC138,783Durham, NC: 130,554 personsDurham, NC130,554Winston-Salem, NC: 111,522 personsWinston-Salem, NC111,522Cary, NC: 82,307 personsCary, NC82,307Fayetteville, NC: 73,682 personsFayetteville, NC73,682Wilmington, NC: 56,807 personsWilmington, NC56,807High Point, NC: 51,846 personsHigh Point, NC51,846Greenville, NC: 45,581 personsGreenville, NC45,581Asheville, NC: 45,538 personsAsheville, NC45,538Concord, NC: 41,351 personsConcord, NC41,351Gastonia, NC: 33,575 personsGastonia, NC33,575Chapel Hill, NC: 28,658 personsChapel Hill, NC28,658Huntersville, NC: 28,531 personsHuntersville, NC28,531Burlington, NC: 24,818 personsBurlington, NC24,818Rocky Mount, NC: 23,938 personsRocky Mount, NC23,938Apex, NC: 22,676 personsApex, NC22,676Wilson, NC: 21,667 personsWilson, NC21,667Kannapolis, NC: 20,454 personsKannapolis, NC20,454Hickory, NC: 19,212 personsHickory, NC19,212Jacksonville, NC: 19,049 personsJacksonville, NC19,049Indian Trail, NC: 18,178 personsIndian Trail, NC18,178Wake Forest, NC: 18,010 personsWake Forest, NC18,010Mooresville, NC: 17,909 personsMooresville, NC17,909Monroe, NC: 15,903 personsMonroe, NC15,903Matthews, NC: 15,640 personsMatthews, NC15,640Cornelius, NC: 15,375 personsCornelius, NC15,375Garner, NC: 14,966 personsGarner, NC14,966Holly Springs, NC: 14,561 personsHolly Springs, NC14,561Salisbury, NC: 13,098 personsSalisbury, NC13,098Kernersville, NC: 12,668 personsKernersville, NC12,668Mint Hill, NC: 12,634 personsMint Hill, NC12,634Morrisville, NC: 12,429 personsMorrisville, NC12,429Goldsboro, NC: 12,406 personsGoldsboro, NC12,406New Bern, NC: 12,117 personsNew Bern, NC12,117Thomasville, NC: 11,972 personsThomasville, NC11,972Sanford, NC: 11,648 personsSanford, NC11,648Asheboro, NC: 10,880 personsAsheboro, NC10,880Fuquay-Varina, NC: 10,742 personsFuquay-Varina, NC10,742Statesville, NC: 10,722 personsStatesville, NC10,722Clayton, NC: 9,274 personsClayton, NC9,274Kinston, NC: 9,070 personsKinston, NC9,070
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2014
persons		Change on 2013
1Charlotte, NC429,834+1.8%
2Raleigh, NC229,945+1.4%
3Greensboro, NC138,783-1.1%
4Durham, NC130,554+1.8%
5Winston-Salem, NC111,522-0.4%
6Cary, NC82,307+2.6%
7Fayetteville, NC73,682-2.8%
8Wilmington, NC56,807+0.8%
9High Point, NC51,846-1.2%
10Greenville, NC45,581-0.2%
11Asheville, NC45,538-0.4%
12Concord, NC41,351+2.5%
13Gastonia, NC33,575-0.4%
14Chapel Hill, NC28,658-0.8%
15Huntersville, NC28,531+2.4%
16Burlington, NC24,818-1.4%
17Rocky Mount, NC23,938-3.4%
18Apex, NC22,676+3.9%
19Wilson, NC21,667-1.9%
20Kannapolis, NC20,454+1.3%
21Hickory, NC19,212-2%
22Jacksonville, NC19,049-1.6%
23Indian Trail, NC18,178+2.7%
24Wake Forest, NC18,010+5.5%
25Mooresville, NC17,909+1%
26Monroe, NC15,903+0.9%
27Matthews, NC15,640+2.2%
28Cornelius, NC15,375+2.3%
29Garner, NC14,966+3.2%
30Holly Springs, NC14,561+4.2%
31Salisbury, NC13,098-0.6%
32Kernersville, NC12,668-0.2%
33Mint Hill, NC12,634+2%
34Morrisville, NC12,429+3.5%
35Goldsboro, NC12,406-3%
36New Bern, NC12,117-1.1%
37Thomasville, NC11,972-1.7%
38Sanford, NC11,648-4.4%
39Asheboro, NC10,880-2.9%
40Fuquay-Varina, NC10,742+6.3%
41Statesville, NC10,722-0.4%
42Clayton, NC9,274+4.1%
43Kinston, NC9,070-3.4%

Other periods

About this ranking

Employed plus unemployed residents, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, not jobs: for wage and salary jobs by state use oews_employment. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. 1 cities with data in other periods have no value for 2014 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average (Cities in North Carolina by civilian labor force, 2014) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in North Carolina by civilian labor force, 2014. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/north-carolina-cities?period=2014. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Cities in North Carolina by civilian labor force, 2014. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/north-carolina-cities?period=2014.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average, Cities in North Carolina by civilian labor force, 2014 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU10-14, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/civilian-labor-force/north-carolina-cities?period=2014 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest civilian labor force?

Charlotte, NC, with 429,834 in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest civilian labor force?

Kinston, NC, with 9,070 in 2014.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: labor force (measure 06), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 cities have no value for 2014 and are not ranked.

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