Unemployment Rate in Gaston County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,838/3,222 · #50 in NC
43th
Gaston 4.7%
NC 4.6% +2.6%
US 5.3% -10.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Gaston County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 Gaston County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,835 | Charles County, MD | 4.7% |
| #1,836 | Carlton County, MN | 4.7% |
| #1,837 | Coffee County, AL | 4.7% |
| #1,838 | Gaston County, NC | 4.7% |
| #1,839 | Fayette County, TN | 4.7% |
| #1,840 | Shenandoah County, VA | 4.7% |
| #1,841 | McCurtain County, OK | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Gaston County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,838 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #50 of 100. This places it in the 43th 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.