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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    Jan 1976    
 
 
    Jul 2026
Persons
Name Jul 2026 Jun 2026 Jul 2025
North Carolina
193,903 184,859 218,316
Alamance County
3,163 3,007 3,730
Alexander County
558 514 614
Alleghany County
174 167 176
Anson County
411 385 434
Ashe County
383 363 416
Avery County
253 238 311
Beaufort County
697 662 715
Bertie County
292 271 311
Bladen County
541 522 682
Brunswick County
2,827 2,746 3,024
Buncombe County
4,551 4,411 6,326
Burke County
1,382 1,309 1,597
Cabarrus County
4,366 4,189 4,812
Caldwell County
1,284 1,240 1,441
Camden County
166 151 174
Carteret County
1,073 1,027 1,157
Caswell County
356 335 381
Catawba County
2,704 2,576 3,012
Chatham County
1,313 1,244 1,433
Cherokee County
437 422 466
Chowan County
214 204 222
Clay County
171 166 172
Cleveland County
1,880 1,831 2,103
Columbus County
849 813 918
Craven County
1,534 1,455 1,673
Cumberland County
5,929 5,613 6,911
Currituck County
457 442 476
Dare County
651 639 709
Davidson County
2,946 2,772 3,345
Davie County
738 694 775
Duplin County
771 715 822
Durham County
6,252 5,957 7,053
Edgecombe County
1,093 1,056 1,284
Forsyth County
7,108 6,845 8,056
Franklin County
1,356 1,300 1,490
Gaston County
4,360 4,176 4,901
Gates County
165 152 178
Graham County
117 116 121
Granville County
996 968 1,142
Greene County
298 274 329
Guilford County
11,070 10,484 12,929
Halifax County
960 914 1,114
Harnett County
2,428 2,288 2,610
Haywood County
944 926 1,054
Henderson County
1,770 1,697 1,922
Hertford County
335 321 396
Hoke County
947 885 1,001
Hyde County
74 74 75
Iredell County
3,601 3,440 4,003
Jackson County
785 716 840
Johnston County
4,155 3,945 4,530
Jones County
143 134 170
Lee County
1,144 1,060 1,262
Lenoir County
963 912 1,054
Lincoln County
1,623 1,529 1,679
Macon County
596 566 602
Madison County
360 350 472
Martin County
369 356 396
McDowell County
719 689 822
Mecklenburg County
24,415 23,614 28,201
Mitchell County
228 225 305
Montgomery County
412 392 454
Moore County
1,607 1,505 1,671
Nash County
1,942 1,865 2,319
New Hanover County
4,273 4,087 4,754
Northampton County
289 268 363
Onslow County
2,901 2,740 3,066
Orange County
2,729 2,547 2,977
Pamlico County
184 178 192
Pasquotank County
665 647 773
Pender County
1,124 1,078 1,237
Perquimans County
207 205 208
Person County
675 641 769
Pitt County
3,595 3,378 4,021
Polk County
314 294 347
Randolph County
2,471 2,348 2,616
Richmond County
729 707 870
Robeson County
2,230 2,068 2,662
Rockingham County
1,560 1,499 1,794
Rowan County
2,550 2,448 2,818
Rutherford County
1,112 1,104 1,367
Sampson County
943 909 1,066
Scotland County
623 609 783
Stanly County
1,082 1,033 1,122
Stokes County
711 688 820
Surry County
1,077 1,035 1,171
Swain County
204 189 234
Transylvania County
490 467 517
Tyrrell County
58 54 63
Union County
4,499 4,254 4,891
Vance County
859 814 931
Wake County
22,341 21,159 24,256
Warren County
334 344 379
Washington County
184 170 194
Watauga County
1,027 929 1,124
Wayne County
1,946 1,808 2,063
Wilkes County
982 917 1,076
Wilson County
1,680 1,579 2,073
Yadkin County
570 537 589
Yancey County
279 271 351
   

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