Unemployment Rate in Cleveland County, NC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
5.2% −2.3% vs nat'l
Rank #2,126 of 3,222
34th percentile

How Cleveland County Compares

Cleveland County
5.2%
North Carolina Average
5.2%
Rank #65 of 100 in state
National
5.3%
2.3% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Cleveland County: 5.2%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#2,123 Burlington County, NJ 5.2%
#2,124 Le Flore County, OK 5.2%
#2,125 Onondaga County, NY 5.2%
#2,126 Cleveland County, NC 5.2%
#2,127 Brown County, KS 5.2%
#2,128 Pike County, KY 5.2%
#2,129 Skamania County, WA 5.2%
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Unemployment Rate in Cleveland County, North Carolina

Cleveland County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, which ranks #2,126 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 2.3% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within North Carolina, Cleveland County ranks #65 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 34th 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.