Unemployment Rate in Burke County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.4%
Rank #1,579/3,222 · #39 in NC
51th
Burke 4.4%
NC 4.6% -5.3%
US 5.3% -17.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Burke County's unemployment rate of 4.4% compares to all 3,222 U.S. counties. Values range from 0.0% to 28.6%.
Distribution of Unemployment Rate Across All Counties
Ranking Context
Counties ranked closest to Burke County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,576 | Randolph County, MO | 4.4% |
| #1,577 | Caldwell County, KY | 4.4% |
| #1,578 | Bennington County, VT | 4.4% |
| #1,579 | Burke County, NC | 4.4% |
| #1,580 | Linn County, KS | 4.4% |
| #1,581 | Washington County, RI | 4.4% |
| #1,582 | Warren County, IN | 4.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Burke County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.4%, ranking #1,579 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #39 of 100. This places it in the 51th percentile nationally.
Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-Year Estimates. All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.