Unemployment Rate in Pender County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
4.7%
Rank #1,825/3,222 · #49 in NC
43th
Pender 4.7%
NC 4.6% +2.2%
US 5.3% -10.8%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pender County's unemployment rate of 4.7% 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 Pender County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #1,822 | Washington County, TN | 4.7% |
| #1,823 | Rogers County, OK | 4.7% |
| #1,824 | Kendall County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,825 | Pender County, NC | 4.7% |
| #1,826 | Sabine County, TX | 4.7% |
| #1,827 | Suffolk County, NY | 4.7% |
| #1,828 | Montgomery County, IL | 4.7% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pender County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 4.7%, ranking #1,825 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 10.8% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #49 of 100. This places it in the 43th 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.