Unemployment Rate in Macon County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
2.8%
Rank #582/3,222 · #4 in NC
82th
Macon 2.8%
NC 4.6% -39.6%
US 5.3% -47.2%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Macon County's unemployment rate of 2.8% 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 Macon County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #579 | Moody County, SD | 2.8% |
| #580 | Gilliam County, OR | 2.8% |
| #581 | Cannon County, TN | 2.8% |
| #582 | Macon County, NC | 2.8% |
| #583 | Adams County, IN | 2.8% |
| #584 | Nottoway County, VA | 2.8% |
| #585 | Brantley County, GA | 2.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Macon County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 2.8%, ranking #582 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 47.2% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #4 of 100. This places it in the 82th 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.