Unemployment Rate in Carteret County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.0%
Rank #1,297/3,222 · #25 in NC
60th
Carteret 4.0%
NC 4.6% -14.6%
US 5.3% -25.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Carteret County's unemployment rate of 4.0% 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 Carteret County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,294 | Zavala County, TX | 3.9% |
| #1,295 | Pike County, IL | 3.9% |
| #1,296 | Williamsburg County, SC | 4.0% |
| #1,297 | Carteret County, NC | 4.0% |
| #1,298 | Plaquemines Parish, LA | 4.0% |
| #1,299 | Adair County, IA | 4.0% |
| #1,300 | Clark County, SD | 4.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Carteret County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.0%, ranking #1,297 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 25.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #25 of 100. This places it in the 60th 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.