Unemployment Rate in Mitchell County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
6.5%
Rank #2,686/3,222 · #86 in NC
17th
Mitchell 6.5%
NC 4.6% +40.2%
US 5.3% +22.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Mitchell County's unemployment rate of 6.5% 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 Mitchell County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,683 | Alexander County, IL | 6.5% |
| #2,684 | Daggett County, UT | 6.5% |
| #2,685 | Contra Costa County, CA | 6.5% |
| #2,686 | Mitchell County, NC | 6.5% |
| #2,687 | Gogebic County, MI | 6.5% |
| #2,688 | Lipscomb County, TX | 6.5% |
| #2,689 | Ouachita Parish, LA | 6.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Mitchell County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 6.5%, ranking #2,686 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 22.4% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #86 of 100. This places it in the 17th 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.