About Rockingham County


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Rockingham County Population: 93,000

Regional Population

Counties Guilford Forsyth Davidson Randolph Alamance Rockingham Surry Stokes Yadkin Davie Montgomery Caswell	Population 421,048 306,067 147,246 130,800 130,454 91,928 71,219 44,711 36,348 34,835 26,822 23,501

Total	1,464,979

Labor Force

Local Workforce
25 Mile Radius
Approximate Drive Time
Registered Applicants

47,000
391,610
30 Minutes
18,568

Annual Unemployment Rate

2006	2007	2008
6.0%	6.2%	7.0%

Population Breakdown

White
Black or African American
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
Some other Race
Multi-racial
Hispanic or Latino Origin
(of any race)

Male
Female

75.6%
19.2%
0.0%
0.7%
0.0%
3.6%
0.9%

4.6%

48.3%
51.7%

Median Age

Rockingham County	38.5
North Carolina Avg.	35.3