Unemployment Rates, 2021: Appalachian North Carolina

	Civilian Labor Force, 2021	Persons Employed, 2021	Persons Unemployed, 2021	Unemployment Rate, 2021	Unemployment Rate, Percent of U.S. Average, 2021
United States	161,204,000	152,581,000	8,623,000	5.3%	100.0%
Appalachian Region	12,010,661	11,455,917	554,744	4.6%	86.3%
North Carolina	4,939,281	4,697,757	241,524	4.9%	91.4%
Appalachian North Carolina	934,330	890,766	43,564	4.7%	87.2%
County
Alexander	17,320	16,577	743	4.3%	80.2%
Alleghany	4,213	4,013	200	4.7%	88.7%
Ashe	12,551	12,039	512	4.1%	76.3%
Avery	7,325	7,026	299	4.1%	76.3%
Buncombe	136,131	130,348	5,783	4.2%	79.4%
Burke	39,354	37,536	1,818	4.6%	86.4%
Caldwell	35,147	33,389	1,758	5.0%	93.5%
Catawba	76,606	72,986	3,620	4.7%	88.3%
Cherokee	10,553	10,013	540	5.1%	95.7%
Clay	3,945	3,744	201	5.1%	95.3%
Cleveland	47,529	44,980	2,549	5.4%	100.3%
Davie	19,998	19,121	877	4.4%	82.0%
Forsyth	182,288	173,169	9,119	5.0%	93.5%
Graham	2,997	2,789	208	6.9%	129.7%
Haywood	28,898	27,648	1,250	4.3%	80.9%
Henderson	53,056	50,850	2,206	4.2%	77.7%
Jackson	19,329	18,433	896	4.6%	86.7%
Macon	15,252	14,593	659	4.3%	80.8%
Madison	9,627	9,207	420	4.4%	81.6%
McDowell	19,844	18,930	914	4.6%	86.1%
Mitchell	5,886	5,577	309	5.2%	98.1%
Polk	9,008	8,578	430	4.8%	89.2%
Rutherford	23,961	22,403	1,558	6.5%	121.6%
Stokes	20,864	19,959	905	4.3%	81.1%
Surry	31,811	30,390	1,421	4.5%	83.5%
Swain	6,769	6,457	312	4.6%	86.2%
Transylvania	14,086	13,493	593	4.2%	78.7%
Watauga	28,110	27,041	1,069	3.8%	71.1%
Wilkes	26,941	25,634	1,307	4.9%	90.7%
Yadkin	16,974	16,237	737	4.3%	81.2%
Yancey	7,957	7,606	351	4.4%	82.5%