Unemployment Rate in Moore County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.5%
Rank #1,639/3,222 · #41 in NC
49th
Moore 4.5%
NC 4.6% -3.6%
US 5.3% -15.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Moore County's unemployment rate of 4.5% 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 Moore County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,636 | Indian River County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,637 | Rusk County, TX | 4.5% |
| #1,638 | Columbiana County, OH | 4.5% |
| #1,639 | Moore County, NC | 4.5% |
| #1,640 | Baker County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,641 | Yuma County, CO | 4.5% |
| #1,642 | Jackson County, AL | 4.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
Moore County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.5%, ranking #1,639 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #41 of 100. This places it in the 49th 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.