Unemployment Rate in Montgomery County, NC

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.8% −46.4% vs nat'l
Rank #594 of 3,222
82th percentile

How Montgomery County Compares

Montgomery County
2.8%
North Carolina Average
2.8%
Rank #6 of 100 in state
National
5.3%
46.4% below

National Distribution

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

0.0% 28.6%

■ Montgomery County: 2.8%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#591 Monroe County, FL 2.8%
#592 Buchanan County, IA 2.8%
#593 Franklin County, TN 2.8%
#594 Montgomery County, NC 2.8%
#595 Carter County, MT 2.8%
#596 Cottonwood County, MN 2.8%
#597 Buffalo County, WI 2.8%
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Unemployment Rate in Montgomery County, North Carolina

Montgomery County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 2.8%, which ranks #594 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 46.4% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within North Carolina, Montgomery County ranks #6 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.