Unemployment Rate in Franklin County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.6%
Rank #1,728/3,222 · #45 in NC
46th
Franklin 4.6%
NC 4.6% -0.8%
US 5.3% -13.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Franklin County's unemployment rate of 4.6% 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 Franklin County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,725 | Madison County, IL | 4.6% |
| #1,726 | Washtenaw County, MI | 4.6% |
| #1,727 | Atoka County, OK | 4.6% |
| #1,728 | Franklin County, NC | 4.6% |
| #1,729 | Jefferson County, TN | 4.6% |
| #1,730 | Dinwiddie County, VA | 4.6% |
| #1,731 | Atchison County, KS | 4.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Franklin County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.6%, ranking #1,728 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 13.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #45 of 100. This places it in the 46th 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.