Unemployment Rate in Person County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.6%
Rank #2,347/3,222 · #73 in NC
27th
Person 5.6%
NC 4.6% +20.6%
US 5.3% +5.3%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Person County's unemployment rate of 5.6% 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 Person County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,344 | Coke County, TX | 5.6% |
| #2,345 | Sweetwater County, WY | 5.6% |
| #2,346 | Geneva County, AL | 5.6% |
| #2,347 | Person County, NC | 5.6% |
| #2,348 | Roanoke city, VA | 5.6% |
| #2,349 | Pine County, MN | 5.6% |
| #2,350 | Rockland County, NY | 5.6% |
About Unemployment Rate
Person County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 5.6%, ranking #2,347 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.3% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #73 of 100. This places it in the 27th 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.