Unemployment Rate in Lenoir County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
9.0%
Rank #3,027/3,222 · #96 in NC
6th
Lenoir 9.0%
NC 4.6% +94.3%
US 5.3% +69.7%
Unemployment Rate Trend
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Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Lenoir County's unemployment rate of 9.0% 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 Lenoir County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,024 | Grundy County, TN | 9.0% |
| #3,025 | Humboldt County, CA | 9.0% |
| #3,026 | McKinley County, NM | 9.0% |
| #3,027 | Lenoir County, NC | 9.0% |
| #3,028 | Hampshire County, WV | 9.0% |
| #3,029 | Chicot County, AR | 9.0% |
| #3,030 | Magoffin County, KY | 9.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Lenoir County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 9.0%, ranking #3,027 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 69.7% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #96 of 100. This places it in the 6th 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.