Unemployment Rate in Orange County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
3.6%
Rank #1,083/3,222 · #17 in NC
66th
Orange 3.6%
NC 4.6% -21.5%
US 5.3% -31.4%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Orange County's unemployment rate of 3.6% 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 Orange County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,080 | Jasper County, MO | 3.6% |
| #1,081 | Washington County, MO | 3.6% |
| #1,082 | Lincoln County, NE | 3.6% |
| #1,083 | Orange County, NC | 3.6% |
| #1,084 | Wyoming County, NY | 3.6% |
| #1,085 | Morrill County, NE | 3.6% |
| #1,086 | Red River Parish, LA | 3.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Orange County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 3.6%, ranking #1,083 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 31.4% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #17 of 100. This places it in the 66th 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.