Unemployment Rate for Counties in North Carolina - September 2025

of the 100 Counties in North Carolina Edgecombe County has the highest unemployment rate at 5.8%. The County with lowest unemployment rate is Currituck County at 2.7%. The current unemployment rate for all of North Carolina is 3.8%.

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List of Counties in North Carolina With Current Unemployment Rate - September 2025

Map KeyNameUnemployment Level
Alamance County4.0%
Alexander County3.6%
Alleghany County3.6%
Anson County4.5%
Ashe County3.1%
Avery County3.6%
Beaufort County3.6%
Bertie County5.1%
Bladen County5.5%
Brunswick County4.1%
Buncombe County4.1%
Burke County3.8%
Cabarrus County3.5%
Caldwell County3.7%
Camden County3.0%
Carteret County3.3%
Caswell County3.6%
Catawba County3.6%
Chatham County3.3%
Cherokee County3.9%
Chowan County3.3%
Clay County3.5%
Cleveland County4.3%
Columbus County4.3%
Craven County3.8%
Cumberland County4.9%
Currituck County2.7%
Dare County3.1%
Davidson County3.8%
Davie County3.4%
Duplin County3.6%
Durham County3.5%
Edgecombe County5.8%
Forsyth County4.0%
Franklin County3.4%
Gaston County3.8%
Gates County3.7%
Graham County3.2%
Granville County3.7%
Greene County3.6%
Guilford County4.6%
Halifax County5.7%
Harnett County4.1%
Haywood County3.4%
Henderson County3.1%
Hertford County4.7%
Hoke County4.6%
Hyde County4.2%
Iredell County3.5%
Jackson County3.7%
Johnston County3.2%
Jones County4.2%
Lee County3.8%
Lenoir County4.1%
Lincoln County3.2%
Macon County3.4%
Madison County4.1%
Martin County4.2%
Mcdowell County4.2%
Mecklenburg County3.9%
Mitchell County4.1%
Montgomery County4.1%
Moore County3.5%
Nash County5.1%
New Hanover County3.5%
Northampton County5.3%
Onslow County3.9%
Orange County3.5%
Pamlico County3.8%
Pasquotank County4.0%
Pender County3.5%
Perquimans County3.5%
Person County3.5%
Pitt County4.3%
Polk County3.4%
Randolph County3.7%
Richmond County4.4%
Robeson County5.6%
Rockingham County4.2%
Rowan County3.6%
Rutherford County5.0%
Sampson County4.3%
Scotland County5.7%
Stanly County3.1%
Stokes County3.7%
Surry County3.4%
Swain County3.3%
Transylvania County3.3%
Tyrrell County4.2%
Union County3.3%
Vance County4.7%
Wake County3.2%
Warren County4.9%
Washington County4.9%
Watauga County3.7%
Wayne County3.8%
Wilkes County4.1%
Wilson County5.6%
Yadkin County3.2%
Yancey County3.9%

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