Unemployment Rate in Mecklenburg County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mecklenburg County's unemployment rate of 4.3% 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 Mecklenburg County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,514 | Sandusky County, OH | 4.3% |
| #1,515 | Camden County, MO | 4.3% |
| #1,516 | Madison County, VA | 4.3% |
| #1,517 | Mecklenburg County, NC | 4.3% |
| #1,518 | Spartanburg County, SC | 4.3% |
| #1,519 | Androscoggin County, ME | 4.3% |
| #1,520 | Kenton County, KY | 4.3% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.3%, ranking #1,517 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 18.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #36 of 100. This places it in the 53th 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.