SECTION 3: PLANNING AREA PROFILE
Population in Labor Force
Percent Employed* (%)
Percent Unemployed* (%)
Percent Not in Labor Force* (%)
Unemployment Rate (%)
Jurisdiction
Zebulon
3,503
55.0
5.5
39.5
9.0
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 5-Year Estimates Note: This table reports only the civilian labor force. The labor force in armed services accounted for 0.3% or less of the population 16 and over in all jurisdictions. *Population employed, population unemployed, and population not in labor force are reported as a percent of the total population aged 16 years and older.
Table 3.9 – Percent of Employed Population by Occupation for Wake County
Natural Resources,
Production, transportation, and material moving (%)
Management, business, science and arts (%)
Service (%)
Sales and Office (%)
Occupation
Construction, and Maintenance (%)
Wake County
55.7 63.5 67.4 52.8 48.1 61.9 49.6 69.5 51.7 63.5 62.4 40.3 36.0
12.2
19.0 20.2 15.1 17.7 21.0 18.7
5.3 3.6 2.9
7.8 4.3 5.7 8.5 8.8 7.5 11.1 5.6 8.6 4.5 6.9 7.8
Apex Cary
8.4 8.8
Fuquay-Varina
15.9 12.8
5.1
Garner
9.3 2.6 3.9
Holly Springs Knightdale
9.2
14.2 9.0 13.7 5.0 9.8 17.3 12.2
21.1 13.7
Morrisville
2.1
Raleigh
20.6 22.8 17.6 23.2 18.4
5.5 4.3 3.4 11.5 14.5
Rolesville
Wake Forest
Wendell Zebulon
18.8
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2022 5-Year Estimates
Across the County as a whole, major industry sectors include educational services, and health care and social assistance (20.7 percent of employment in 2022); professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services (21.5 percent of employment in 2022); and retail trade (9.5 percent of employment in 2022). Wake County accounts for the majority of its own employment, as approximately 85.3 percent of workers worked in their county of residence as of 2022. Much of the employment outside the County is likely accounted for by the other cities of the Research Triangle including Durham (Durham County) and Chapel Hill (Orange County). Table 3.10 summarizes the major employers with 5,000 employees or more in Wake County according to Wake County Economic Development. Table 3.10 – Major Employers in Wake County Employer Estimated Employee Count Duke University and Health System 43,108 State of North Carolina 24,083 Wake County Public School System 17,000 Wal-Mart 16,800 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 12,204 WakeMed Health and Hospitals 10,307 Food Lion 9,037
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