Unemployment Rate in Carteret County, NC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
4.0% −25.4% vs nat'l
Rank #1,297 of 3,222
60th percentile

How Carteret County Compares

Carteret County
4.0%
North Carolina Average
4.0%
Rank #25 of 100 in state
National
5.3%
25.4% below

National Distribution

Where Carteret County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Carteret County: 4.0%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#1,294 Zavala County, TX 3.9%
#1,295 Pike County, IL 3.9%
#1,296 Williamsburg County, SC 4.0%
#1,297 Carteret County, NC 4.0%
#1,298 Plaquemines Parish, LA 4.0%
#1,299 Adair County, IA 4.0%
#1,300 Clark County, SD 4.0%
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Unemployment Rate in Carteret County, North Carolina

Carteret County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.0%, which ranks #1,297 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 25.4% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within North Carolina, Carteret County ranks #25 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 60th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.