 A rural county with several small manufacturers, Randolph County consistently has an unemployment rate above state and national averages.As of October 2015, the Randolph County unemployment rate was 5.9%, down significantly from a peak of 10.3% in 2011 during the height of the Great Recession.For comparison, the unemployment rate was 4.9% statewide and 5.0% in the US in October 2015.