North Carolina Unemployment Level Heat Map - September 2025

Over 15% 10-15% 8-10% 6-8% 4-6% 2-4% 0-2%
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Unemployment Rates for Selected Locations in North Carolina

Place NameCurrent RatePrevious Month Rate6 Months Ago1 Year Ago
Alamance County, NC
4.00% 4.10%3.40%4.00%
Alexander County, NC
3.60% 3.80%3.80%4.10%
Alleghany County, NC
3.60% 3.90%3.90%4.30%
Anson County, NC
4.50% 4.60%4.50%4.80%
Apex, NC
3.00% 3.10%2.70%3.20%
Ashe County, NC
3.10% 3.40%3.50%3.20%
Asheboro, NC
4.40% 4.40%3.70%4.30%
Asheville, NC
4.30% 4.50%7.10%3.30%
Avery County, NC
3.60% 3.80%4.70%3.40%
Beaufort County, NC
3.60% 3.80%3.50%4.00%
Bertie County, NC
5.10% 5.10%4.80%5.40%
Bladen County, NC
5.50% 5.00%4.90%5.30%
Brunswick County, NC
4.10% 4.60%4.50%4.40%
Buncombe County, NC
4.10% 4.50%6.20%3.20%
Burke County, NC
3.80% 4.10%4.00%3.80%
Burlington, NC
4.50% 4.60%3.80%4.30%
Cabarrus County, NC
3.50% 3.70%3.40%3.70%
Caldwell County, NC
3.70% 4.00%3.70%3.80%
Camden County, NC
3.00% 3.10%2.60%3.10%
Carteret County, NC
3.30% 3.50%3.70%3.60%
Cary, NC
3.00% 3.30%2.90%3.20%
Caswell County, NC
3.60% 3.90%3.50%4.00%
Catawba County, NC
3.60% 3.80%3.50%3.90%
Chapel Hill, NC
4.00% 3.90%3.00%3.90%
Charlotte, NC
3.90% 4.10%3.90%4.10%
Chatham County, NC
3.30% 3.50%3.10%3.50%
Cherokee County, NC
3.90% 4.20%3.70%4.30%
Chowan County, NC
3.30% 3.60%3.30%4.10%
Clay County, NC
3.50% 3.80%3.50%3.80%
Cleveland County, NC
4.30% 4.50%4.00%4.40%
Columbus County, NC
4.30% 4.60%4.40%4.70%
Concord, NC
3.50% 3.60%3.50%3.80%
Cornelius, NC
3.30% 3.70%3.40%3.40%
Craven County, NC
3.80% 4.00%3.70%4.10%
Cumberland County, NC
4.90% 5.10%4.70%5.00%
Currituck County, NC
2.70% 3.00%3.30%3.00%
Dare County, NC
3.10% 3.30%7.20%3.20%
Davidson County, NC
3.80% 4.00%3.70%4.10%
Davie County, NC
3.40% 3.70%3.30%3.70%
Duplin County, NC
3.60% 3.60%3.20%3.70%
Durham, NC
3.50% 3.60%3.10%3.50%
Durham County, NC
3.50% 3.60%3.10%3.50%
Edgecombe County, NC
5.80% 5.80%5.40%5.80%
Fayetteville, NC
5.30% 5.40%5.00%5.20%
Forsyth County, NC
4.00% 4.20%3.70%4.20%
Franklin County, NC
3.40% 3.60%3.20%3.60%
Garner, NC
3.60% 3.60%3.50%3.80%
Gaston County, NC
3.80% 4.00%3.80%4.00%
Gastonia, NC
4.10% 4.10%4.30%4.30%
Gates County, NC
3.70% 3.80%3.20%3.80%
Goldsboro, NC
4.40% 4.90%4.50%5.30%
Graham County, NC
3.20% 3.20%4.40%3.60%
Granville County, NC
3.70% 3.90%3.50%3.80%
Greene County, NC
3.60% 3.60%3.10%3.50%
Greensboro, NC
4.80% 4.80%4.20%4.80%
Greenville, NC
4.90% 4.80%4.10%4.90%
Guilford County, NC
4.60% 4.60%4.10%4.60%
Halifax County, NC
5.70% 5.40%4.90%5.60%
Harnett County, NC
4.10% 4.20%3.70%4.30%
Haywood County, NC
3.40% 3.90%4.10%3.50%
Henderson County, NC
3.10% 3.40%3.70%3.20%
Hertford County, NC
4.70% 4.50%4.10%4.70%
Hickory, NC
3.90% 4.10%3.70%4.00%
High Point, NC
5.00% 5.10%4.40%4.90%
Hoke County, NC
4.60% 4.70%4.10%4.90%
Holly Springs, NC
2.90% 3.10%2.70%3.30%
Huntersville, NC
3.30% 3.50%3.20%3.50%
Hyde County, NC
4.20% 4.20%8.70%4.40%
Indian Trail, NC
3.10% 3.20%2.90%3.60%
Iredell County, NC
3.50% 3.60%3.40%3.70%
Jackson County, NC
3.70% 3.70%3.50%3.80%
Jacksonville, NC
5.20% 5.30%4.50%5.30%
Johnston County, NC
3.20% 3.40%3.00%3.40%
Jones County, NC
4.20% 4.20%4.00%4.00%
Kannapolis, NC
3.70% 4.00%3.70%3.90%
Kinston, NC
5.90% 5.90%5.20%6.20%
Lee County, NC
3.80% 3.80%3.50%3.90%
Lenoir County, NC
4.10% 4.20%3.60%4.40%
Lincoln County, NC
3.20% 3.50%3.10%3.60%
Macon County, NC
3.40% 3.70%3.70%3.70%
Madison County, NC
4.10% 4.50%5.80%3.10%
Martin County, NC
4.20% 4.10%3.90%4.50%
Matthews, NC
3.20% 3.50%3.40%3.60%
McDowell County, NC
4.20% 4.40%4.80%3.80%
Mecklenburg County, NC
3.90% 4.00%3.80%4.00%
Mint Hill, NC
3.30% 3.60%3.50%3.90%
Mitchell County, NC
4.10% 4.60%6.60%3.30%
Monroe, NC
3.50% 3.90%3.50%4.00%
Montgomery County, NC
4.10% 4.30%3.90%4.40%
Moore County, NC
3.50% 3.70%3.30%3.70%
Mooresville, NC
3.80% 3.90%3.50%3.60%
Nash County, NC
5.10% 5.10%4.60%5.10%
New Bern, NC
3.60% 3.90%3.60%3.80%
New Hanover County, NC
3.50% 3.70%3.50%3.60%
Northampton County, NC
5.30% 5.10%4.70%5.20%
Onslow County, NC
3.90% 4.10%3.70%4.10%
Orange County, NC
3.50% 3.50%2.80%3.50%
Pamlico County, NC
3.80% 4.00%4.20%4.10%
Pasquotank County, NC
4.00% 3.90%3.80%4.10%
Pender County, NC
3.50% 3.70%3.40%3.60%
Perquimans County, NC
3.50% 3.80%3.80%4.20%
Person County, NC
3.50% 3.80%3.30%4.00%
Pitt County, NC
4.30% 4.40%3.70%4.50%
Polk County, NC
3.40% 3.60%3.70%3.40%
Raleigh, NC
3.40% 3.50%3.10%3.50%
Randolph County, NC
3.70% 3.90%3.40%3.90%
Richmond County, NC
4.40% 4.40%4.30%4.80%
Robeson County, NC
5.60% 5.40%4.90%5.60%
Rockingham County, NC
4.20% 4.50%4.10%4.30%
Rocky Mount, NC
6.60% 6.50%5.70%6.50%
Rowan County, NC
3.60% 3.80%3.50%3.80%
Rutherford County, NC
5.00% 5.10%4.90%4.50%
Salisbury, NC
4.30% 4.70%4.00%4.40%
Sampson County, NC
4.30% 4.20%4.00%4.30%
Sanford, NC
4.30% 4.40%3.90%4.00%
Scotland County, NC
5.70% 5.50%5.40%5.50%
Stanly County, NC
3.10% 3.20%3.00%3.50%
Statesville, NC
3.90% 3.90%4.40%4.40%
Stokes County, NC
3.70% 3.90%3.50%3.90%
Surry County, NC
3.40% 3.60%3.20%3.70%
Swain County, NC
3.30% 3.30%4.10%3.30%
Thomasville, NC
4.60% 4.50%4.60%4.60%
Transylvania County, NC
3.30% 3.60%3.70%3.60%
Tyrrell County, NC
4.20% 4.30%6.50%4.50%
Union County, NC
3.30% 3.40%3.10%3.50%
Vance County, NC
4.70% 4.90%4.30%5.00%
Wake County, NC
3.20% 3.40%3.00%3.40%
Wake Forest, NC
3.30% 3.40%3.20%3.40%
Warren County, NC
4.90% 5.00%4.80%5.10%
Washington County, NC
4.90% 5.00%4.80%5.00%
Watauga County, NC
3.70% 3.60%3.10%3.50%
Wayne County, NC
3.80% 3.90%3.50%4.10%
Wilkes County, NC
4.10% 4.20%3.60%4.20%
Wilmington, NC
3.70% 3.90%3.50%3.70%
Wilson, NC
6.40% 6.10%5.30%6.40%
Wilson County, NC
5.60% 5.40%4.90%5.70%
Winston-Salem, NC
4.40% 4.50%3.90%4.40%
Yadkin County, NC
3.20% 3.50%3.00%3.40%
Yancey County, NC
3.90% 4.20%5.30%3.50%
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