The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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Name Jan 2026 Dec 2025 Jan 2025
Alamance County
83,468 85,979 86,350
Alexander County
15,597 15,853 16,127
Alleghany County
4,501 4,697 4,572
Anson County
8,730 8,966 8,902
Ashe County
12,156 12,418 12,336
Avery County
7,697 7,546 7,537
Beaufort County
19,323 19,093 19,109
Bertie County
6,042 5,765 5,961
Bladen County
10,974 11,597 11,892
Brunswick County
68,193 66,436 66,006
Buncombe County
135,998 140,784 144,820
Burke County
38,549 39,375 40,157
Cabarrus County
123,248 126,986 125,519
Caldwell County
35,397 36,095 36,603
Camden County
5,342 5,266 5,392
Carteret County
31,423 31,771 31,249
Caswell County
9,724 9,937 9,972
Catawba County
76,120 76,608 77,693
Chatham County
39,625 39,633 39,543
Cherokee County
11,034 11,109 11,153
Chowan County
6,284 6,468 6,310
Clay County
4,675 4,761 4,715
Cleveland County
44,804 45,757 45,728
Columbus County
19,741 20,159 19,973
Craven County
40,624 41,539 41,746
Cumberland County
129,345 130,027 132,980
Currituck County
16,348 15,839 16,288
Dare County
17,691 17,986 17,372
Davidson County
79,579 80,596 80,866
Davie County
20,481 20,763 20,793
Duplin County
23,049 22,001 22,639
Durham County
185,665 186,745 186,020
Edgecombe County
20,321 20,440 20,610
Forsyth County
183,087 185,936 186,183
Franklin County
39,643 39,211 39,301
Gaston County
115,388 118,983 117,563
Gates County
4,412 4,405 4,512
Graham County
3,314 3,449 3,452
Granville County
29,026 28,895 28,979
Greene County
8,570 8,636 8,681
Guilford County
265,827 262,821 264,488
Halifax County
18,199 18,414 18,281
Harnett County
60,488 58,626 58,912
Haywood County
28,580 29,560 29,764
Henderson County
55,641 57,668 57,931
Hertford County
8,267 8,208 8,373
Hoke County
20,599 20,394 20,784
Hyde County
1,442 1,607 1,601
Iredell County
102,864 104,757 103,599
Jackson County
21,458 21,467 19,845
Johnston County
129,092 128,197 128,343
Jones County
3,805 3,847 3,866
Lee County
30,321 31,394 30,952
Lenoir County
24,678 24,522 24,527
Lincoln County
47,052 48,578 48,060
Macon County
16,773 16,831 16,497
Madison County
10,370 10,728 10,986
Martin County
9,075 9,021 9,100
McDowell County
18,546 18,423 19,006
Mecklenburg County
656,931 665,976 658,717
Mitchell County
6,413 6,918 7,160
Montgomery County
10,220 10,307 10,460
Moore County
45,865 44,536 44,439
Nash County
42,297 42,320 42,699
New Hanover County
124,989 125,221 124,115
Northampton County
6,344 6,384 6,500
Onslow County
72,387 73,160 74,000
Orange County
77,551 78,428 78,089
Pamlico County
4,966 4,687 4,655
Pasquotank County
17,882 18,234 18,066
Pender County
31,799 31,769 31,470
Perquimans County
5,402 5,788 5,691
Person County
20,037 20,364 20,340
Pitt County
85,576 83,508 83,685
Polk County
9,294 9,727 9,535
Randolph County
66,757 66,760 67,158
Richmond County
19,092 19,270 19,254
Robeson County
44,129 45,782 45,623
Rockingham County
39,940 39,754 40,040
Rowan County
69,578 72,383 71,643
Rutherford County
26,269 25,641 26,469
Sampson County
24,425 23,779 24,166
Scotland County
13,389 12,779 13,122
Stanly County
34,770 35,478 34,351
Stokes County
20,061 20,521 20,577
Surry County
32,142 32,416 32,585
Swain County
6,064 6,558 6,303
Transylvania County
13,840 14,024 14,002
Tyrrell County
1,162 1,483 1,268
Union County
131,615 135,014 133,354
Vance County
18,826 18,544 18,706
Wake County
689,182 681,935 682,275
Warren County
7,180 7,086 7,136
Washington County
3,935 3,909 3,938
Watauga County
28,216 28,410 27,654
Wayne County
48,909 51,246 51,654
Wilkes County
25,651 25,988 25,810
Wilson County
34,530 34,459 34,755
Yadkin County
16,767 17,215 17,277
Yancey County
8,444 8,564 8,643
   

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