Unemployment Rate in Washington County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Washington County's unemployment rate of 12.9% 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 Washington County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #3,167 | Cottle County, TX | 12.6% |
| #3,168 | Sierra County, CA | 12.6% |
| #3,169 | Barranquitas Municipio, PR | 12.7% |
| #3,170 | Washington County, NC | 12.9% |
| #3,171 | San Sebastián Municipio, PR | 13.0% |
| #3,172 | Lares Municipio, PR | 13.0% |
| #3,173 | Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR | 13.1% |
About Unemployment Rate
Washington County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 12.9%, ranking #3,170 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 142.9% above the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #100 of 100. This places it in the 2th 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.