Outer Banks Times

Carteret County recorded an unemployment rate of 5% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 1,624 people out of the 67,944 living in Carteret County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Carteret County has decreased compared to the 5.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Carteret County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.2%.

Of the 31,008 people who had a job during that time, 739 were employed in the Armed Forces and 30,269 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	1,624	5%
Employed	31,008	95%
Employed in civilian labor force	30,269	92.8%
Employed in armed forces	739	2.3%