Rockingham County, NC
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None of the households in Rockingham 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.
Rockingham County, NC borders Alamance County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Henry County, VA, and Pittsylvania County, VA.
The economy of Rockingham County, NC employs N/A people. The largest industries in Rockingham County, NC are Manufacturing (8,010 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (5,627 people), and Retail Trade (3,769 people), and the highest paying industries are Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($56,695), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($54,577), and Finance & Insurance ($52,673).
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Rockingham County, NC, are Production Occupations (4,849 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (4,243 people), and Management Occupations (3,293 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Rockingham County, NC.
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.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Rockingham County, NC, are Manufacturing (8,010 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (5,627 people), and Retail Trade (3,769 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Rockingham County, NC, though some of these residents may live in Rockingham County, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Information ($117,654), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($58,883), and Manufacturing ($53,048).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Public Administration ($55,089), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($51,316), and Information ($45,078).
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.
The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.
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The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.
In 2022, universities in Rockingham County, NC awarded 403 degrees. The student population of Rockingham County, NC in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 601 male students and 1,111 female students.
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This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Rockingham County, NC compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
The following map shows all of the tracts in Rockingham County, NC colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Rockingham County, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.
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This chart shows the number of workers in Rockingham County, NC across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 81.7% of workers in Rockingham County, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.07%) and those who worked at home (5.04%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Rockingham County, NC have a N/A commute time (N/A minutes) than the normal US worker (N/A minutes). Additionally, 1.94% of the workforce in Rockingham County, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Rockingham County, NC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Rockingham County, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Rockingham County, NC have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Rockingham County, NC (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. 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 Rockingham County, NC is White, followed by Black 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.
In 2023, 26.5% of the children was living in poverty in Rockingham County, NC. From 2014 to 2023, the indicator declined 1.1%.
The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.
89.9% of the population of Rockingham County, NC has health coverage, with 38.3% on employee plans, 20% on Medicaid, 16.4% on Medicare, 14% on non-group plans, and 1.23% on military or VA plans.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.9% were men and 52.1% were women.
In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.7% under 18 years, 17.8% between 18 and 34 years, 40.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 20.4% over 64 years.
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.9% were men and 52.1% were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Rockingham County, NC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
In 2023, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 35.9% in Rockingham County, NC.
The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Rockingham County, NC.
