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
5,096,783 5,101,603 5,101,603
Alamance County
81,394 82,424 82,424
Alexander County
15,351 15,503 15,503
Alleghany County
4,450 4,527 4,527
Anson County
8,480 8,485 8,485
Ashe County
11,876 12,002 12,002
Avery County
7,394 7,241 7,241
Beaufort County
18,774 18,457 18,457
Bertie County
5,777 5,831 5,831
Bladen County
10,685 11,252 11,252
Brunswick County
65,838 65,056 65,056
Buncombe County
132,990 135,644 135,644
Burke County
37,872 38,216 38,216
Cabarrus County
119,588 119,277 119,277
Caldwell County
34,667 35,009 35,009
Camden County
5,279 5,304 5,304
Carteret County
31,203 31,161 31,161
Caswell County
9,472 9,568 9,568
Catawba County
74,545 75,221 75,221
Chatham County
39,065 39,293 39,293
Cherokee County
10,641 10,848 10,848
Chowan County
5,968 6,025 6,025
Clay County
4,533 4,556 4,556
Cleveland County
42,707 43,072 43,072
Columbus County
19,052 19,256 19,256
Craven County
39,383 40,139 40,139
Cumberland County
125,706 127,220 127,220
Currituck County
16,179 16,283 16,283
Dare County
18,718 18,681 18,681
Davidson County
77,262 77,763 77,763
Davie County
19,989 20,129 20,129
Duplin County
22,426 22,068 22,068
Durham County
181,860 182,629 182,629
Edgecombe County
19,392 19,579 19,579
Forsyth County
176,811 177,802 177,802
Franklin County
38,490 38,035 38,035
Gaston County
111,582 111,293 111,293
Gates County
4,370 4,400 4,400
Graham County
3,257 3,363 3,363
Granville County
28,157 28,011 28,011
Greene County
8,327 8,407 8,407
Guilford County
256,237 256,369 256,369
Halifax County
17,249 17,370 17,370
Harnett County
58,075 57,458 57,458
Haywood County
27,512 27,828 27,828
Henderson County
54,862 55,962 55,962
Hertford County
7,897 8,081 8,081
Hoke County
20,026 20,260 20,260
Hyde County
1,424 1,524 1,524
Iredell County
100,251 100,104 100,104
Jackson County
21,160 20,522 20,522
Johnston County
125,574 124,082 124,082
Jones County
3,640 3,696 3,696
Lee County
29,236 29,483 29,483
Lenoir County
23,495 23,462 23,462
Lincoln County
45,895 45,794 45,794
Macon County
16,089 16,067 16,067
Madison County
10,142 10,341 10,341
Martin County
8,729 8,824 8,824
McDowell County
17,975 18,227 18,227
Mecklenburg County
635,556 634,026 634,026
Mitchell County
6,175 6,556 6,556
Montgomery County
9,904 10,100 10,100
Moore County
45,008 44,616 44,616
Nash County
40,842 41,240 41,240
New Hanover County
122,169 120,877 120,877
Northampton County
6,100 6,260 6,260
Onslow County
70,341 71,294 71,294
Orange County
76,222 76,666 76,666
Pamlico County
4,952 4,706 4,706
Pasquotank County
17,299 17,466 17,466
Pender County
31,105 30,775 30,775
Perquimans County
5,229 5,368 5,368
Person County
19,642 19,718 19,718
Pitt County
82,062 82,505 82,505
Polk County
9,086 9,070 9,070
Randolph County
64,918 64,987 64,987
Richmond County
18,352 18,652 18,652
Robeson County
41,879 42,512 42,512
Rockingham County
38,673 38,710 38,710
Rowan County
67,603 67,451 67,451
Rutherford County
25,200 25,506 25,506
Sampson County
23,714 23,467 23,467
Scotland County
12,509 12,349 12,349
Stanly County
32,740 32,693 32,693
Stokes County
19,479 19,596 19,596
Surry County
30,965 31,538 31,538
Swain County
6,080 6,272 6,272
Transylvania County
13,672 13,912 13,912
Tyrrell County
1,178 1,184 1,184
Union County
128,428 128,188 128,188
Vance County
17,933 17,911 17,911
Wake County
669,246 661,004 661,004
Warren County
6,923 6,919 6,919
Washington County
3,721 3,752 3,752
Watauga County
27,152 27,432 27,432
Wayne County
47,837 48,765 48,765
Wilkes County
24,548 25,337 25,337
Wilson County
32,805 33,221 33,221
Yadkin County
16,454 16,577 16,577
Yancey County
8,109 7,947 7,947
   

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