Unemployment Rate in Pitt County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
7.7%
Rank #2,920/3,222 · #91 in NC
9th
Pitt 7.7%
NC 4.6% +67.1%
US 5.3% +45.9%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Pitt County's unemployment rate of 7.7% 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 Pitt County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,917 | Treutlen County, GA | 7.7% |
| #2,918 | Saline County, IL | 7.7% |
| #2,919 | Lawrence County, KY | 7.7% |
| #2,920 | Pitt County, NC | 7.7% |
| #2,921 | Lincoln County, WA | 7.7% |
| #2,922 | Barbour County, AL | 7.8% |
| #2,923 | Rincón Municipio, PR | 7.8% |
About Unemployment Rate
Pitt County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 7.7%, ranking #2,920 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 45.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #91 of 100. This places it in the 9th 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.