Unemployment Rate in Columbus County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.4%
Rank #1,586/3,222 · #40 in NC
51th
Columbus 4.4%
NC 4.6% -5.2%
US 5.3% -17.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Columbus 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 Columbus County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,583 | Hendry County, FL | 4.4% |
| #1,584 | Blair County, PA | 4.4% |
| #1,585 | Montrose County, CO | 4.4% |
| #1,586 | Columbus County, NC | 4.4% |
| #1,587 | Deschutes County, OR | 4.4% |
| #1,588 | Franklin County, TX | 4.4% |
| #1,589 | Toombs County, GA | 4.4% |
About Unemployment Rate
Columbus County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.4%, ranking #1,586 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 17.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #40 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.