Unemployment Rate in Cleveland County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.2%
Rank #2,126/3,222 · #65 in NC
34th
Cleveland 5.2%
NC 4.6% +11.8%
US 5.3% -2.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Cleveland County's unemployment rate of 5.2% 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 Cleveland County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #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% |
About Unemployment Rate
Cleveland County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 5.2%, ranking #2,126 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 2.3% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #65 of 100. This places it in the 34th 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.