Unemployment Rate in Edgecombe County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
8.7%
Rank #3,008/3,222 · #95 in NC
7th
Edgecombe 8.7%
NC 4.6% +88.3%
US 5.3% +64.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Edgecombe County's unemployment rate of 8.7% 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 Edgecombe County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,005 | Matagorda County, TX | 8.7% |
| #3,006 | Conecuh County, AL | 8.7% |
| #3,007 | Essex County, NJ | 8.7% |
| #3,008 | Edgecombe County, NC | 8.7% |
| #3,009 | Yabucoa Municipio, PR | 8.7% |
| #3,010 | Atlantic County, NJ | 8.7% |
| #3,011 | Bandera County, TX | 8.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Edgecombe County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 8.7%, ranking #3,008 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 64.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #95 of 100. This places it in the 7th 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.