Unemployment Rate in Clay County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Clay County Compares
National Distribution
Where Clay County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.
■ Clay County: 2.6%
Ranking Context
| Rank | County | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #515 | Major County, OK | 2.6% |
| #516 | Parmer County, TX | 2.6% |
| #517 | Decatur County, IN | 2.6% |
| #518 | Clay County, NC | 2.6% |
| #519 | Gray County, KS | 2.7% |
| #520 | Mifflin County, PA | 2.7% |
| #521 | Lincoln County, MN | 2.7% |
Unemployment Rate in Clay County, North Carolina
Clay County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 2.6%, which ranks #518 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 50.0% below the national value of 5.3%.
Within North Carolina, Clay County ranks #2 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 84th 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.