# Counties in North Carolina by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 100 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Mecklenburg County | 72 |
| 2 | Onslow County | 70 |
| 3 | Wake County | 69.8 |
| 4 | Cabarrus County | 68.4 |
| 5 | Union County | 67.7 |
| 6 | Durham County | 67.7 |
| 7 | Camden County | 67.4 |
| 8 | Currituck County | 66.6 |
| 9 | Johnston County | 66.2 |
| 10 | New Hanover County | 65.7 |
| 11 | Iredell County | 64.8 |
| 12 | Cumberland County | 64.6 |
| 13 | Guilford County | 64.1 |
| 14 | Dare County | 64 |
| 15 | Alamance County | 63.3 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 62.8 |
| 17 | Gaston County | 62.6 |
| 18 | Forsyth County | 62.2 |
| 19 | Orange County | 61.8 |
| 20 | Franklin County | 61.8 |
| 21 | Wayne County | 61.2 |
| 22 | Pender County | 60.9 |
| 23 | Lincoln County | 60.9 |
| 24 | Lee County | 60.8 |
| 25 | Randolph County | 60.5 |
| 26 | Catawba County | 60.3 |
| 27 | Person County | 60.2 |
| 28 | Hoke County | 60 |
| 29 | Rowan County | 60 |
| 30 | Davidson County | 59.9 |
| 31 | Harnett County | 59.8 |
| 32 | Nash County | 59.5 |
| 33 | Davie County | 59.4 |
| 34 | Duplin County | 59.3 |
| 35 | Buncombe County | 59.1 |
| 36 | Pasquotank County | 59 |
| 37 | Watauga County | 59 |
| 38 | Craven County | 58.7 |
| 39 | Cleveland County | 58.7 |
| 40 | Yadkin County | 58.6 |
| 41 | Chatham County | 58.6 |
| 42 | Vance County | 58.5 |
| 43 | Stanly County | 58.4 |
| 44 | Caldwell County | 58.4 |
| 45 | Edgecombe County | 58.3 |
| 46 | Burke County | 57.7 |
| 47 | Wilson County | 57.6 |
| 48 | Richmond County | 57.3 |
| 49 | Moore County | 57.2 |
| 50 | Henderson County | 57.2 |
| 51 | Surry County | 57.1 |
| 52 | Swain County | 57 |
| 53 | Martin County | 56.7 |
| 54 | Rockingham County | 56.6 |
| 55 | Sampson County | 56.4 |
| 56 | Alexander County | 56.3 |
| 57 | Lenoir County | 56.3 |
| 58 | Mitchell County | 56.2 |
| 59 | Haywood County | 56 |
| 60 | Chowan County | 55.9 |
| 61 | Jackson County | 55.9 |
| 62 | Gates County | 55.8 |
| 63 | Wilkes County | 55.7 |
| 64 | Madison County | 55.5 |
| 65 | Beaufort County | 55.2 |
| 66 | Carteret County | 55 |
| 67 | Stokes County | 54.9 |
| 68 | Rutherford County | 54.9 |
| 69 | Jones County | 54.8 |
| 70 | McDowell County | 54.5 |
| 71 | Yancey County | 54.4 |
| 72 | Granville County | 54.2 |
| 73 | Polk County | 53.8 |
| 74 | Macon County | 53.3 |
| 75 | Montgomery County | 53.3 |
| 76 | Scotland County | 52.9 |
| 77 | Ashe County | 52.7 |
| 78 | Northampton County | 52.3 |
| 79 | Halifax County | 51.9 |
| 80 | Anson County | 51.5 |
| 81 | Perquimans County | 51.5 |
| 82 | Greene County | 51.4 |
| 83 | Hertford County | 51.3 |
| 84 | Caswell County | 51.2 |
| 85 | Robeson County | 50.9 |
| 86 | Graham County | 50.9 |
| 87 | Columbus County | 50.6 |
| 88 | Warren County | 49.7 |
| 89 | Bladen County | 49.5 |
| 90 | Cherokee County | 49.3 |
| 91 | Brunswick County | 49.1 |
| 92 | Transylvania County | 49 |
| 93 | Alleghany County | 47.5 |
| 94 | Avery County | 47.3 |
| 95 | Bertie County | 45.8 |
| 96 | Clay County | 45.4 |
| 97 | Hyde County | 45.1 |
| 98 | Washington County | 45 |
| 99 | Tyrrell County | 43.1 |
| 100 | Pamlico County | 43.1 |