RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) — The unemployment rate in North Carolina dropped in February as 95 out of 100 counties saw a decrease.
Statewide, the unemployment rate was at 5.6. Scotland County, located south of Fayetteville, had the highest unemployment at 10.9% while Orange County had the lowest at 4.0%.
The number of workers employed statewide (not seasonally adjusted) increased in February by 46,644 to 4,722,326, while those unemployed decreased by 14,589 to 281,902.
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- Pitt County: 5.6%
- Beaufort County: 5.6%
- Bertie County: 6.2%
- Carteret County: 5.1%
- Craven County: 5.6%
- Duplin County: 5.0%
- Edgecombe County: 9.2%
- Greene County: 4.7%
- Hyde County: 10.3%
- Jones County: 4.9%
- Lenoir County: 5.6%
- Martin County: 6.4%
- Nash County: 7.0%
- Onslow County: 5.8%
- Pamlico County: 5.2%
- Tyrrell County: 9.7%
- Washington County: 8.3%
