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LABOR FORCE

Total Population

172,955

Albemarle Regional Planning Commission

Unemployment Rate

6.4%

Albemarle Regional Planning Commission

Percent College Educated

22.65%

Albemarle Regional Planning Commission

Labor Force Participation Rate

94.16%

Albemarle Regional Planning Commission

EMPLOYMENT

The region’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.8% in 2016, its lowest level since peaking at 11.3% in 2011. The rate has not returned to its pre-recession levels and remains higher than North Carolina and the United States. The chart below presents the Northeastern Region, state of North Carolina, and national annual average unemployment rate for the ten-year period ending in 2016.

Pasquotank County

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Pasquotank County

LABOR FORCE

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