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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Persons
Name 2025 Preceding
Period
Year Ago
from Period
North Carolina
5,299,605 5,295,197 5,295,197
Alamance County
84,665 85,528 85,528
Alexander County
15,948 16,103 16,103
Alleghany County
4,626 4,703 4,703
Anson County
8,884 8,879 8,879
Ashe County
12,298 12,388 12,388
Avery County
7,704 7,565 7,565
Beaufort County
19,461 19,162 19,162
Bertie County
6,069 6,128 6,128
Bladen County
11,286 11,841 11,841
Brunswick County
68,798 67,798 67,798
Buncombe County
139,757 141,868 141,868
Burke County
39,406 39,628 39,628
Cabarrus County
124,079 123,576 123,576
Caldwell County
36,062 36,280 36,280
Camden County
5,442 5,454 5,454
Carteret County
32,349 32,240 32,240
Caswell County
9,832 9,929 9,929
Catawba County
77,371 78,017 78,017
Chatham County
40,407 40,557 40,557
Cherokee County
11,085 11,284 11,284
Chowan County
6,186 6,239 6,239
Clay County
4,705 4,711 4,711
Cleveland County
44,675 44,895 44,895
Columbus County
19,913 20,134 20,134
Craven County
40,980 41,673 41,673
Cumberland County
132,011 133,232 133,232
Currituck County
16,667 16,749 16,749
Dare County
19,564 19,474 19,474
Davidson County
80,348 80,734 80,734
Davie County
20,727 20,809 20,809
Duplin County
23,194 22,812 22,812
Durham County
188,211 188,545 188,545
Edgecombe County
20,545 20,665 20,665
Forsyth County
184,139 184,809 184,809
Franklin County
39,847 39,346 39,346
Gaston County
116,226 115,613 115,613
Gates County
4,533 4,556 4,556
Graham County
3,385 3,484 3,484
Granville County
29,214 29,022 29,022
Greene County
8,619 8,678 8,678
Guilford County
267,680 267,389 267,389
Halifax County
18,228 18,320 18,320
Harnett County
60,467 59,766 59,766
Haywood County
28,620 28,873 28,873
Henderson County
56,831 57,848 57,848
Hertford County
8,254 8,437 8,437
Hoke County
20,962 21,166 21,166
Hyde County
1,514 1,615 1,615
Iredell County
103,968 103,580 103,580
Jackson County
21,937 21,255 21,255
Johnston County
129,735 128,070 128,070
Jones County
3,795 3,837 3,837
Lee County
30,391 30,565 30,565
Lenoir County
24,462 24,428 24,428
Lincoln County
47,508 47,366 47,366
Macon County
16,688 16,626 16,626
Madison County
10,643 10,768 10,768
Martin County
9,091 9,199 9,199
McDowell County
18,796 18,998 18,998
Mecklenburg County
661,403 658,522 658,522
Mitchell County
6,518 6,869 6,869
Montgomery County
10,328 10,509 10,509
Moore County
46,592 46,154 46,154
Nash County
42,916 43,185 43,185
New Hanover County
126,640 125,086 125,086
Northampton County
6,420 6,553 6,553
Onslow County
73,271 74,109 74,109
Orange County
78,849 79,180 79,180
Pamlico County
5,144 4,891 4,891
Pasquotank County
18,011 18,141 18,141
Pender County
32,252 31,834 31,834
Perquimans County
5,441 5,580 5,580
Person County
20,362 20,404 20,404
Pitt County
85,573 86,029 86,029
Polk County
9,433 9,384 9,384
Randolph County
67,356 67,371 67,371
Richmond County
19,164 19,436 19,436
Robeson County
44,232 44,795 44,795
Rockingham County
40,355 40,257 40,257
Rowan County
70,285 69,948 69,948
Rutherford County
26,479 26,665 26,665
Sampson County
24,702 24,440 24,440
Scotland County
13,203 13,030 13,030
Stanly County
33,814 33,735 33,735
Stokes County
20,235 20,293 20,293
Surry County
32,075 32,609 32,609
Swain County
6,314 6,497 6,497
Transylvania County
14,194 14,417 14,417
Tyrrell County
1,245 1,249 1,249
Union County
132,921 132,512 132,512
Vance County
18,788 18,738 18,738
Wake County
691,559 682,623 682,623
Warren County
7,277 7,259 7,259
Washington County
3,908 3,927 3,927
Watauga County
28,146 28,404 28,404
Wayne County
49,774 50,641 50,641
Wilkes County
25,566 26,305 26,305
Wilson County
34,575 35,001 35,001
Yadkin County
17,015 17,113 17,113
Yancey County
8,482 8,297 8,297
   

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