# Counties in North Carolina by unemployment rate, August 2026

All 100 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2026-08, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `unemployment_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/north-carolina-counties
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/unemployment-rate/north-carolina-counties.csv

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Edgecombe County | 5.4 |
| 2 | Halifax County | 5.3 |
| 3 | Robeson County | 5.1 |
| 4 | Wilson County | 5 |
| 5 | Bladen County | 4.8 |
| 5 | Washington County | 4.8 |
| 7 | Scotland County | 4.7 |
| 8 | Bertie County | 4.6 |
| 8 | Cumberland County | 4.6 |
| 8 | Nash County | 4.6 |
| 11 | Anson County | 4.5 |
| 11 | Hoke County | 4.5 |
| 11 | Northampton County | 4.5 |
| 11 | Vance County | 4.5 |
| 11 | Warren County | 4.5 |
| 16 | Cleveland County | 4.3 |
| 16 | Pitt County | 4.3 |
| 16 | Tyrrell County | 4.3 |
| 19 | Columbus County | 4.2 |
| 19 | Guilford County | 4.2 |
| 19 | Hertford County | 4.2 |
| 19 | Hyde County | 4.2 |
| 23 | Rutherford County | 4.1 |
| 24 | Harnett County | 4 |
| 24 | Martin County | 4 |
| 26 | Brunswick County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Forsyth County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Lenoir County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Montgomery County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Onslow County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Perquimans County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Richmond County | 3.9 |
| 26 | Wayne County | 3.9 |
| 34 | Alamance County | 3.8 |
| 34 | Craven County | 3.8 |
| 34 | Jones County | 3.8 |
| 34 | Rockingham County | 3.8 |
| 38 | Caswell County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Gaston County | 3.7 |
| 38 | McDowell County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Mecklenburg County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Pasquotank County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Watauga County | 3.7 |
| 38 | Wilkes County | 3.7 |
| 45 | Cherokee County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Davidson County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Gates County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Lee County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Rowan County | 3.6 |
| 45 | Sampson County | 3.6 |
| 51 | Alleghany County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Beaufort County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Cabarrus County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Caldwell County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Catawba County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Orange County | 3.5 |
| 51 | Randolph County | 3.5 |
| 59 | Alexander County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Burke County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Chowan County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Clay County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Davie County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Granville County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Mitchell County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Stokes County | 3.4 |
| 59 | Union County | 3.4 |
| 68 | Duplin County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Durham County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Franklin County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Greene County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Iredell County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Lincoln County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Macon County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Madison County | 3.3 |
| 68 | New Hanover County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Pamlico County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Pender County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Person County | 3.3 |
| 68 | Surry County | 3.3 |
| 81 | Buncombe County | 3.2 |
| 81 | Graham County | 3.2 |
| 81 | Moore County | 3.2 |
| 81 | Transylvania County | 3.2 |
| 81 | Yadkin County | 3.2 |
| 86 | Carteret County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Chatham County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Haywood County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Johnston County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Polk County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Stanly County | 3.1 |
| 86 | Wake County | 3.1 |
| 93 | Avery County | 3 |
| 93 | Camden County | 3 |
| 93 | Henderson County | 3 |
| 93 | Swain County | 3 |
| 93 | Yancey County | 3 |
| 98 | Ashe County | 2.9 |
| 98 | Dare County | 2.9 |
| 100 | Currituck County | 2.7 |