North Carolina Unemployment Rate Report

North Carolina Unemployment by County

North Carolina Current Unemployment 3.9%

North Carolina Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in North Carolina has ranged from 2.7% in December 1998 to 12.7% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for North Carolina is 3.9% for August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

NC Highest Unemployment by County

Edgecombe, NC unemployment rate

7.9%

Scotland, NC unemployment rate

7.7%

Warren, NC unemployment rate

7.0%

Vance, NC unemployment rate

6.9%

Halifax, NC unemployment rate

6.6%

Robeson, NC unemployment rate

6.5%

Wilson, NC unemployment rate

6.2%

Richmond, NC unemployment rate

6.0%

Cumberland, NC unemployment rate

5.8%

Nash, NC unemployment rate

5.7%

NC Unemployment City Links

Charlotte, NC Unemployment Report

Raleigh, NC Unemployment Report

Greensboro, NC Unemployment Report

Winston Salem, NC Unemployment Report

Durham, NC Unemployment Report

Fayetteville, NC Unemployment Report

Cary, NC Unemployment Report

Wilmington, NC Unemployment Report

High Point, NC Unemployment Report

Asheville, NC Unemployment Report

NC Unemployment Rate by Month

2012 NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2022	3.8%	4.0%
2/2022	3.7%	3.8%
3/2022	3.6%	3.6%
4/2022	3.4%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
5/2022	3.6%	3.6%
6/2022	4.1%	3.6%
7/2022	3.7%	3.5%
8/2022	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2021	6.0%	6.3%
2/2021	5.6%	6.2%
3/2021	4.6%	6.0%
4/2021	4.4%	6.1%
5/2021	4.5%	5.8%
6/2021	4.9%	5.9%
7/2021	5.1%	5.4%
8/2021	4.8%	5.2%
9/2021	4.1%	4.7%
10/2021	4.2%	4.6%
11/2021	3.7%	4.2%
12/2021	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2020	4.1%	3.6%
2/2020	3.7%	3.5%
3/2020	4.3%	4.4%
4/2020	12.5%	14.7%
5/2020	12.7%	13.3%
6/2020	7.7%	11.1%
7/2020	9.2%	10.2%
8/2020	6.8%	8.4%
9/2020	6.9%	7.9%
10/2020	6.1%	6.9%
11/2020	6.3%	6.7%
12/2020	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2019	4.5%	4.0%
2/2019	4.2%	3.8%
3/2019	4.0%	3.8%
4/2019	3.5%	3.6%
5/2019	3.9%	3.6%
6/2019	4.2%	3.7%
7/2019	4.3%	3.7%
8/2019	4.1%	3.7%
9/2019	3.4%	3.5%
10/2019	3.5%	3.6%
11/2019	3.5%	3.5%
12/2019	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2018	4.4%	4.1%
2/2018	4.4%	4.1%
3/2018	4.0%	4.0%
4/2018	3.7%	3.9%
5/2018	3.7%	3.8%
6/2018	4.2%	4.0%
7/2018	4.2%	3.9%
8/2018	4.1%	3.8%
9/2018	3.6%	3.7%
10/2018	3.7%	3.8%
11/2018	3.8%	3.7%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%
12/2018	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2017	5.2%	4.7%
2/2017	5.0%	4.7%
3/2017	4.5%	4.4%
4/2017	4.1%	4.4%
5/2017	4.3%	4.4%
6/2017	4.5%	4.3%
7/2017	4.7%	4.3%
8/2017	4.7%	4.4%
9/2017	4.1%	4.2%
10/2017	4.1%	4.1%
11/2017	4.3%	4.2%
12/2017	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2016	5.5%	4.9%
2/2016	5.3%	4.9%
3/2016	5.1%	5.0%
4/2016	4.8%	5.0%
5/2016	4.8%	4.8%
6/2016	5.2%	4.9%
7/2016	5.3%	4.8%
8/2016	5.2%	4.9%
9/2016	5.0%	5.0%
10/2016	5.1%	4.9%
11/2016	4.9%	4.7%
12/2016	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2015	6.1%	5.7%
2/2015	5.9%	5.5%
3/2015	5.6%	5.4%
4/2015	5.4%	5.4%
5/2015	6.0%	5.6%
6/2015	6.1%	5.3%
7/2015	6.2%	5.2%
8/2015	5.9%	5.1%
9/2015	5.3%	5.0%
10/2015	5.4%	5.0%
11/2015	5.4%	5.1%
12/2015	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2014	6.9%	6.6%
2/2014	6.9%	6.7%
3/2014	6.7%	6.7%
4/2014	5.9%	6.2%
5/2014	6.4%	6.3%
6/2014	6.5%	6.1%
7/2014	6.8%	6.2%
8/2014	6.7%	6.1%
9/2014	5.8%	5.9%
10/2014	5.7%	5.7%
11/2014	5.7%	5.8%
12/2014	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2013	9.6%	8.0%
2/2013	9.0%	7.7%
3/2013	8.3%	7.5%
4/2013	7.8%	7.6%
5/2013	8.1%	7.5%
6/2013	8.6%	7.5%
7/2013	8.3%	7.3%
8/2013	7.8%	7.2%
9/2013	7.2%	7.2%
10/2013	7.2%	7.2%
11/2013	6.9%	6.9%
12/2013	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2012	10.0%	8.3%
2/2012	9.9%	8.3%
3/2012	9.3%	8.2%
4/2012	8.7%	8.2%
5/2012	9.1%	8.2%
6/2012	9.7%	8.2%
7/2012	9.8%	8.2%
8/2012	9.5%	8.1%
9/2012	8.6%	7.8%
10/2012	8.8%	7.8%
11/2012	8.7%	7.7%
12/2012	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2011	10.9%	9.1%
2/2011	10.6%	9.0%
3/2011	10.2%	9.0%
4/2011	9.9%	9.1%
5/2011	10.1%	9.0%
6/2011	10.8%	9.1%
7/2011	10.7%	9.0%
8/2011	10.7%	9.0%
9/2011	10.2%	9.0%
10/2011	9.9%	8.8%
11/2011	9.6%	8.6%
12/2011	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2010	12.0%	9.8%
2/2010	12.0%	9.8%
3/2010	11.5%	9.9%
4/2010	10.9%	9.9%
5/2010	10.9%	9.6%
6/2010	10.9%	9.4%
7/2010	10.8%	9.4%
8/2010	10.5%	9.5%
9/2010	10.0%	9.5%
10/2010	9.9%	9.4%
11/2010	10.5%	9.8%
12/2010	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2009	10.2%	7.8%
2/2009	10.7%	8.3%
3/2009	10.5%	8.7%
4/2009	10.1%	9.0%
5/2009	10.6%	9.4%
6/2009	10.8%	9.5%
7/2009	10.8%	9.5%
8/2009	10.6%	9.6%
9/2009	10.4%	9.8%
10/2009	10.6%	10.0%
11/2009	10.6%	9.9%
12/2009	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2008	5.3%	5.0%
2/2008	5.3%	4.9%
3/2008	5.2%	5.1%
4/2008	4.9%	5.0%
5/2008	5.5%	5.4%
6/2008	5.9%	5.6%
7/2008	6.3%	5.8%
8/2008	6.3%	6.1%
9/2008	5.9%	6.1%
10/2008	6.0%	6.5%
11/2008	7.9%	6.8%
12/2008	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2007	5.1%	4.6%
2/2007	4.9%	4.5%
3/2007	4.4%	4.4%
4/2007	4.5%	4.5%
5/2007	4.6%	4.4%
6/2007	4.9%	4.6%
7/2007	5.1%	4.7%
8/2007	4.7%	4.6%
9/2007	4.5%	4.7%
10/2007	4.5%	4.7%
11/2007	4.6%	4.7%
12/2007	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2006	4.8%	4.7%
2/2006	5.0%	4.8%
3/2006	4.6%	4.7%
4/2006	4.5%	4.7%
5/2006	4.7%	4.6%
6/2006	5.0%	4.6%
7/2006	5.2%	4.7%
8/2006	5.0%	4.7%
9/2006	4.6%	4.5%
10/2006	4.4%	4.4%
11/2006	4.7%	4.5%
12/2006	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2005	5.7%	5.3%
2/2005	6.0%	5.4%
3/2005	5.4%	5.2%
4/2005	5.1%	5.2%
5/2005	5.2%	5.1%
6/2005	5.5%	5.0%
7/2005	5.6%	5.0%
8/2005	5.1%	4.9%
9/2005	4.9%	5.0%
10/2005	4.8%	5.0%
11/2005	5.0%	5.0%
12/2005	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2004	6.3%	5.7%
2/2004	6.0%	5.6%
3/2004	5.9%	5.8%
4/2004	5.4%	5.6%
5/2004	5.5%	5.6%
6/2004	5.9%	5.6%
7/2004	5.6%	5.5%
8/2004	5.2%	5.4%
9/2004	4.7%	5.4%
10/2004	4.9%	5.5%
11/2004	5.3%	5.4%
12/2004	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2003	6.9%	5.8%
2/2003	6.7%	5.9%
3/2003	6.3%	5.9%
4/2003	6.3%	6.0%
5/2003	6.4%	6.1%
6/2003	7.0%	6.3%
7/2003	6.8%	6.2%
8/2003	6.5%	6.1%
9/2003	6.0%	6.1%
10/2003	5.9%	6.0%
11/2003	6.1%	5.8%
12/2003	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2002	7.4%	5.7%
2/2002	7.1%	5.7%
3/2002	7.0%	5.7%
4/2002	6.8%	5.9%
5/2002	6.6%	5.8%
6/2002	6.9%	5.8%
7/2002	6.8%	5.8%
8/2002	6.4%	5.7%
9/2002	5.9%	5.7%
10/2002	6.0%	5.7%
11/2002	6.5%	5.9%
12/2002	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2001	4.9%	4.2%
2/2001	5.0%	4.2%
3/2001	5.1%	4.3%
4/2001	4.8%	4.4%
5/2001	5.0%	4.3%
6/2001	5.4%	4.5%
7/2001	5.6%	4.6%
8/2001	5.8%	4.9%
9/2001	5.6%	5.0%
10/2001	6.0%	5.3%
11/2001	6.5%	5.5%
12/2001	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/2000	3.7%	4.0%
2/2000	3.8%	4.1%
3/2000	3.5%	4.0%
4/2000	3.0%	3.8%
5/2000	3.5%	4.0%
6/2000	3.7%	4.0%
7/2000	3.8%	4.0%
8/2000	4.0%	4.1%
9/2000	3.5%	3.9%
10/2000	3.7%	3.9%
11/2000	3.9%	3.9%
12/2000	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1999	3.5%	4.3%
2/1999	3.6%	4.4%
3/1999	3.0%	4.2%
4/1999	2.8%	4.3%
5/1999	3.0%	4.2%
6/1999	3.2%	4.3%
7/1999	3.5%	4.3%
8/1999	3.2%	4.2%
9/1999	3.1%	4.2%
10/1999	3.1%	4.1%
11/1999	3.3%	4.1%
12/1999	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1998	4.2%	4.6%
2/1998	4.1%	4.6%
3/1998	3.9%	4.7%
4/1998	3.1%	4.3%
5/1998	3.3%	4.4%
6/1998	3.6%	4.5%
7/1998	3.6%	4.5%
8/1998	3.5%	4.5%
9/1998	3.1%	4.6%
10/1998	3.2%	4.5%
11/1998	3.1%	4.4%
12/1998	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1997	4.5%	5.3%
2/1997	4.4%	5.2%
3/1997	3.9%	5.2%
4/1997	3.4%	5.1%
5/1997	3.6%	4.9%
6/1997	4.0%	5.0%
7/1997	4.0%	4.9%
8/1997	3.7%	4.8%
9/1997	3.4%	4.9%
10/1997	3.3%	4.7%
11/1997	3.4%	4.6%
12/1997	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1996	5.4%	5.6%
2/1996	4.9%	5.5%
3/1996	4.6%	5.5%
4/1996	4.3%	5.6%
5/1996	4.5%	5.6%
6/1996	4.4%	5.3%
7/1996	4.7%	5.5%
8/1996	3.9%	5.1%
9/1996	3.7%	5.2%
10/1996	3.7%	5.2%
11/1996	3.9%	5.4%
12/1996	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1995	4.5%	5.6%
2/1995	4.4%	5.4%
3/1995	4.1%	5.4%
4/1995	4.1%	5.8%
5/1995	4.3%	5.6%
6/1995	4.6%	5.6%
7/1995	4.8%	5.7%
8/1995	4.3%	5.7%
9/1995	4.0%	5.6%
10/1995	4.0%	5.5%
11/1995	4.3%	5.6%
12/1995	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1994	5.1%	6.6%
2/1994	5.1%	6.6%
3/1994	4.6%	6.5%
4/1994	4.2%	6.4%
5/1994	4.2%	6.1%
6/1994	4.6%	6.1%
7/1994	4.7%	6.1%
8/1994	4.5%	6.0%
9/1994	4.1%	5.9%
10/1994	4.0%	5.8%
11/1994	4.0%	5.6%
12/1994	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1993	6.3%	7.3%
2/1993	6.2%	7.1%
3/1993	5.6%	7.0%
4/1993	5.2%	7.1%
5/1993	5.2%	7.1%
6/1993	5.5%	7.0%
7/1993	5.2%	6.9%
8/1993	4.6%	6.8%
9/1993	4.1%	6.7%
10/1993	4.3%	6.8%
11/1993	4.2%	6.6%
12/1993	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1992	6.7%	7.3%
2/1992	6.9%	7.4%
3/1992	6.3%	7.4%
4/1992	5.6%	7.4%
5/1992	6.0%	7.6%
6/1992	6.5%	7.8%
7/1992	6.4%	7.7%
8/1992	6.0%	7.6%
9/1992	5.5%	7.6%
10/1992	5.4%	7.3%
11/1992	5.8%	7.4%
12/1992	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1991	6.0%	6.4%
2/1991	6.1%	6.6%
3/1991	5.9%	6.8%
4/1991	5.4%	6.7%
5/1991	5.9%	6.9%
6/1991	6.1%	6.9%
7/1991	6.2%	6.8%
8/1991	5.7%	6.9%
9/1991	5.3%	6.9%
10/1991	5.4%	7.0%
11/1991	5.7%	7.0%
12/1991	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	NC %	National %
1/1990	4.0%	5.4%
2/1990	4.1%	5.3%
3/1990	3.6%	5.2%
4/1990	3.6%	5.4%
5/1990	3.8%	5.4%
6/1990	4.0%	5.2%
7/1990	4.3%	5.5%
8/1990	3.9%	5.7%
9/1990	3.8%	5.9%
10/1990	4.4%	5.9%
11/1990	4.8%	6.2%
12/1990	4.9%	6.3%