| Labor Force | |||
| Labor Force | % of adults in the labor force | Unemployment Rate | |
| Alamance | 68,394 | 66.5% | 5.1% |
| Caswell | 10,862 | 58.5% | 6.5% |
| Davidson | 77,362 | 67.0% | 4.1% |
| Guilford | 229,864 | 69.3% | 5.5% |
| Montgomery | 12,476 | 59.7% | 5.1% |
| Randolph | 69,346 | 68.5% | 3.1% |
| Rockingham | 45,044 | 61.8% | 5.8% |
| Source: 2000 Census | |||
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Commuting to Work |
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| % who drive alone to work | % using public transportation | Avg travel time to work | % commuting to another county to work | % driving alone in 1990 | % commuting to another county in 1990 | |
| Alamance | 81.5% | 0.1% | 21.6 | 25.1% | 80.7% | 19.7% |
| Caswell | 76.4% | 0.3% | 30.6 | 72.8% | 71.9% | 68.8% |
| Davidson | 81.9% | 0.3% | 22.8 | 44.3% | 78.5% | 38.1% |
| Guilford | 81.2% | 1.3% | 21.4 | 12.2% | 79.6% | 10.0% |
| Montgomery | 74.4% | 0.3% | 24.5 | 29.6% | 68.2% | 21.9% |
| Randolph | 81.4% | 0.1% | 23.6 | 41.3% | 78.6% | 39.1% |
| Rockingham | 80.6% | 0.1% | 26.1 | 38.7% | 76.3% | 28.9% |
| Source: US Census Bureau, 1990 & 2000. | ||||||