Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… In April 2020, unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties. Dare County had the highest unemployment rate at 24.5% based on a labor force of 20,221 and unemployed at 4,949 people. In Northeast North Carolina, Currituck had a rate of 13.4%; Hyde, 14.8%; … Continue reading April unemployment rate in Dare highest in state at 24.5%