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	12,035,551	11,468,696	566,855	4.7%	88.0%
North Carolina	4,959,672	4,721,198	238,474	4.8%	89.9%
Appalachian North Carolina	937,095	894,228	42,867	4.6%	85.5%
County
Alexander	17,283	16,553	730	4.2%	79.0%
Alleghany	4,224	4,029	195	4.6%	86.3%
Ashe	12,614	12,113	501	4.0%	74.3%
Avery	7,380	7,089	291	3.9%	73.7%
Buncombe	136,123	130,418	5,705	4.2%	78.4%
Burke	39,264	37,481	1,783	4.5%	84.9%
Caldwell	35,073	33,340	1,733	4.9%	92.4%
Catawba	76,433	72,869	3,564	4.7%	87.2%
Cherokee	10,592	10,066	526	5.0%	92.8%
Clay	3,970	3,775	195	4.9%	91.8%
Cleveland	47,667	45,132	2,535	5.3%	99.4%
Davie	20,130	19,269	861	4.3%	80.0%
Forsyth	183,512	174,514	8,998	4.9%	91.7%
Graham	3,022	2,814	208	6.9%	128.7%
Haywood	28,887	27,662	1,225	4.2%	79.3%
Henderson	53,037	50,879	2,158	4.1%	76.1%
Jackson	19,488	18,611	877	4.5%	84.1%
Macon	15,285	14,641	644	4.2%	78.8%
Madison	9,623	9,212	411	4.3%	79.8%
McDowell	19,903	19,006	897	4.5%	84.3%
Mitchell	5,928	5,623	305	5.1%	96.2%
Polk	9,029	8,607	422	4.7%	87.4%
Rutherford	24,050	22,494	1,556	6.5%	121.0%
Stokes	20,998	20,112	886	4.2%	78.9%
Surry	32,011	30,618	1,393	4.4%	81.4%
Swain	6,833	6,525	308	4.5%	84.3%
Transylvania	14,101	13,524	577	4.1%	76.5%
Watauga	28,395	27,356	1,039	3.7%	68.4%
Wilkes	27,164	25,885	1,279	4.7%	88.0%
Yadkin	17,084	16,362	722	4.2%	79.0%
Yancey	7,992	7,649	343	4.3%	80.2%