Unemployment Rate in Macon County, NC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.8% −47.2% vs nat'l
Rank #582 of 3,222
82th percentile

How Macon County Compares

Macon County
2.8%
North Carolina Average
2.8%
Rank #4 of 100 in state
National
5.3%
47.2% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Macon County: 2.8%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#579 Moody County, SD 2.8%
#580 Gilliam County, OR 2.8%
#581 Cannon County, TN 2.8%
#582 Macon County, NC 2.8%
#583 Adams County, IN 2.8%
#584 Nottoway County, VA 2.8%
#585 Brantley County, GA 2.8%
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Unemployment Rate in Macon County, North Carolina

Macon County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 2.8%, which ranks #582 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 47.2% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within North Carolina, Macon County ranks #4 of 100 out of 100 counties. This places it in the 82th 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.