Unemployment Rate in Wilkes County, NC
ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
5.0%
Rank #2,015/3,222 · #56 in NC
37th
Wilkes 5.0%
NC 4.6% +8.2%
US 5.3% -5.6%
Unemployment Rate Trend
Rankings →Percentile Rank Over Time
Year-over-Year Unemployment Change
National Distribution
How Wilkes County's unemployment rate of 5.0% 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 Wilkes County for unemployment rate.
Nearby Rankings
Full ranking →| #2,012 | Blount County, AL | 5.0% |
| #2,013 | Aguas Buenas Municipio, PR | 5.0% |
| #2,014 | Ozark County, MO | 5.0% |
| #2,015 | Wilkes County, NC | 5.0% |
| #2,016 | Crawford County, PA | 5.0% |
| #2,017 | Page County, IA | 5.0% |
| #2,018 | Spotsylvania County, VA | 5.0% |
About Unemployment Rate
Wilkes County, North Carolina has a unemployment rate of 5.0%, ranking #2,015 of 3,222 counties nationwide — 5.6% below the national value of 5.3%. Within North Carolina, it ranks #56 of 100. This places it in the 37th 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.