Unemployment Rate in New Hanover County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How New Hanover 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 New Hanover County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,643 | Johnston County, OK | 4.5% |
| #1,644 | Holmes County, FL | 4.5% |
| #1,645 | Guayama Municipio, PR | 4.5% |
| #1,646 | New Hanover County, NC | 4.5% |
| #1,647 | Iroquois County, IL | 4.5% |
| #1,648 | Terry County, TX | 4.5% |
| #1,649 | Hillsborough County, FL | 4.5% |
About Unemployment Rate
New Hanover County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.5%, ranking #1,646 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 15.7% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #42 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.