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Edgecombe, North Carolina
Edgecombe County is a certified Work Ready Community that is actively engaged in maintaining their status.
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2026
Goals updated only for participating counties
Status History:
Certified: May 2018
Hover over the chart to see how they received their points.
Progress Towards Goals
Edgecombe is actively engaged in maintaining their status as a Work Ready Community. To do so, they must earn 5 points that prove their ongoing commitment to developing a thriving economy for employers and employees.
Traditional goals 3 Points
Maximum of 4 points possible
Current Goal - 1 points
Emerging Goal - 1 points
Transitioning Goal - 1 points
Optional goals 0 Points
Maximum of 3 points possible
Economic Regions Including Edgecombe
ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate [NCRC]
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
Bronze NCRC |
Silver NCRC |
Gold NCRC |
Platinum NCRC |
|
| Emerging | High School | 2326 | 939 | 1084 | 248 | 55 |
| College | 499 | 97 | 267 | 115 | 20 | |
| Current | Private | 623 | 158 | 334 | 112 | 19 |
| Public | 443 | 147 | 246 | 43 | 7 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 131 | 71 | 50 | 9 | + |
| Unemployed | 2451 | 947 | 1261 | 212 | 31 | |
| Recent Veteran | 16 | + | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 748 | 172 | 129 | 43 | 30 | |
| Totals | 6855 | 2537 | 3381 | 782 | 163 | |
| Workforce | Total NCRC |
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| Emerging | High School | 2326 | 939 | 1084 | 248 | 55 |
| College | 499 | 97 | 267 | 115 | 20 | |
| Current | Private | 623 | 158 | 334 | 112 | 19 |
| Public | 443 | 147 | 246 | 43 | 7 | |
| Transitioning | Adult Education | 131 | 71 | 50 | 9 | + |
| Unemployed | 2451 | 947 | 1261 | 212 | 31 | |
| Recent Veteran | 16 | + | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Workforce category not identified | 748 | 172 | 129 | 43 | 30 | |
| Totals | 6855 | 2537 | 3381 | 782 | 163 | |
The table above is a detailed breakdown of the same ACT WorkKeys NCRC data presented in the upper right box on this page and represents ACT WorkKeys NCRCs earned or improved throughout the community. All ACT WorkKeys NCRC data is updated monthly.
+ Value less than 4
ACT WorkKeys NCRCs Earned
Showing: Jan 1, 2012 to Feb 28, 2026
| Workforce | Goals | Actual NCRC |
|---|---|---|
| ✓ Emerging | 329 | 2825 |
|
✓
Current |
96 | 1066 |
| ✓ Transitioning | 801 | 2590 |
| Workforce category not identified | 374 | 374 |
| Workforce | Total |
|---|---|
| Employers Supporting | 65 |
Improved ACT NCRC
| To/From | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not Earned | 77 | 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Bronze | 45 | 0 | 1 | |
| Silver | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gold | 1 | |||
Employers in Edgecombe County recognize or recommend the ACT WorkKeys NCRC
First South Bank
- Holden Temporaries Inc.
- Rural Health Group Inc.
Perdue Foods
Choanoke Area Development Association
Inc.Kirlin Carolina's
- Turning Point Workforce Development
Board Inc. LS Cable and Systems
- Nash Community College
Ossid
- Cummins Rocky Mount Engine Plant
- Edgecombe County Schools
Universal Leaf North America U. S. Inc
Town of Tarboro
- Opportunities Industrialization Center
- Town of Macclesfield
- Tarboro Parks and Recreation
- Rusty's
- Telco Credit Union
- Absolute Pavment Services
- On the Square
- Tarboro Brewing Company
- Ossid
City of Rocky Mount
- Tarboro-Edgecombe Chamber of Commerce
and Edgecombe Tourism
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