Haywood County, NC

County

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    US Senator
    N/AThom Tillis
    Republican Party
    US Senator
    N/ATed Budd
    Republican Party
    2024 Poverty Rate
    13.1%
    16.4% 1-year increase

    About

    N/A of the households in Haywood County, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

    Economy

    Unemployment Insurance Claims

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    This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

    The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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    Employment by Industry Sector

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    3.04%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

    The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in North Carolina.

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    Civics

    Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing the state of North Carolina. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    North Carolina is currently represented by 14 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

    US Senators from North Carolina

    N/AThom Tillis
    Senator from North Carolina2
    Assumed office on January 3, 2015
    N/ATed Budd
    Senator from North Carolina3
    Assumed office on January 3, 2023

    Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing North Carolina.

    In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

    The following chart shows elected senators in North Carolina over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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    Education

    Concentrations

    Most Common
    1. 77 degrees awarded
    2. 21 degrees awarded
    3. 15 degrees awarded

    In 2024, the most common concentation for N/A recipients in Haywood County, NC was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 77 degrees awarded.

    This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a N/A from schools in Haywood County, NC according to their major.

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    Housing & Living

    Poverty & Diversity

    13.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Haywood County, NC (8.12k out of 61.8k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of N/A%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

    The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Haywood County, NC is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

    The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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    Children in Poverty

    In 2025, 17.3% of the children was living in poverty in Haywood County, NC. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 10.4%.

    The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

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