High Unemployment Area
Kinston, NC Current Unemployment - 5.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Kinston, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
5.5%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.0%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
5.7%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.0%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.1%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.8%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.3%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.5%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
8.5%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.8%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.9%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.4%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.4%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.9%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.5%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.3%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.6%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
6.0%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.1%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.9%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
5.2%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.6%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.2%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
8.0%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.6%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.6%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.8%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.0%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.3%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.5%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.1%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
5.2%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.0%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.1%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.5%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.0%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.2%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.3%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.4%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.3%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.3%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.8%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.4%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
5.4%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.5%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.4%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.9%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.2%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.8%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.5%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.3%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.2%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.1%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.7%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.9%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
6.6%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.4%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.1%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.3%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.4%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.3%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.4%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.3%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.7%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
6.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.2%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
7.1%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
6.6%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.3%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.9%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.8%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
7.2%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.6%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.7%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.4%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
13.7%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
7.0%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.5%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
7.9%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.6%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.5%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.6%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.3%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.0%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.8%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
7.4%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.9%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.7%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.4%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.4%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.6%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.6%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.3%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.9%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.0%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.3%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.8%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.9%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.0%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.4%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.6%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
11.9%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.5%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.8%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.2%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.5%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.2%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.8%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.2%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.9%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.9%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.9%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.2%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
11.7%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.7%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.4%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.8%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.2%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.4%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.2%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.0%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.9%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.9%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.4%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.3%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
12.1%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.5%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.1%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.7%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.5%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
12.9%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.3%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.4%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.5%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.9%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.3%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.6%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
14.8%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.6%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.8%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.6%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.5%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.7%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.5%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.8%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
11.7%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.3%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.5%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.1%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
14.0%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.2%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.4%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.2%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
14.0%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.9%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.7%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.5%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.1%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
13.3%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.2%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.3%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
6.9%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.1%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.7%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.6%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.1%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.7%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.7%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.9%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.7%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.9%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.3%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.0%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
7.1%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.7%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.9%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.8%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.8%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.1%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.1%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.8%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.2%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
6.0%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.5%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
6.3%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.6%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.1%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.0%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.2%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.6%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
7.0%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.8%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.4%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.3%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.9%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
6.7%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
6.9%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.3%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.6%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.6%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.5%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.1%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.0%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.7%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.2%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.7%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.7%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.7%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
10.1%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
9.5%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.6%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.0%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.3%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.9%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.1%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.4%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.7%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.1%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.6%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.6%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
11.9%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
11.7%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
11.5%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.8%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
11.7%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
12.8%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.6%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
11.3%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
10.4%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
10.0%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
10.3%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.3%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
14.4%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
13.7%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
13.4%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
13.2%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.8%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
13.9%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.0%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
11.9%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
11.8%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.7%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.8%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
9.8%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.7%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
11.4%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
11.9%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
10.9%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
11.3%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
12.0%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
13.3%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
11.7%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
13.0%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
14.2%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
14.5%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
8.3%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.7%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
7.7%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.1%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.8%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.9%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.1%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.7%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
7.3%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
8.1%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
8.3%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
8.4%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
8.8%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
8.8%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
8.9%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
9.0%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.6%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
9.8%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
10.8%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
8.5%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
11.3%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
10.0%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
8.5%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.1%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
7.4%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.0%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.0%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.9%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.7%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.5%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.0%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.1%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
8.0%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.4%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.5%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.1%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
7.7%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
7.1%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.6%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
6.8%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.1%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
8.1%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
7.9%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
7.0%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
6.7%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.4%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.8%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.1%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
10.7%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
11.7%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
10.9%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.9%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.1%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
12.1%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.2%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.1%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.5%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.3%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.7%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
7.7%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
8.8%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.2%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.4%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.0%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.5%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.3%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.1%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.2%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.3%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.3%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
12.0%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.9%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
11.0%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
12.0%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
11.0%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.3%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.5%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
10.9%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.8%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.7%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
8.9%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.7%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.8%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.6%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
10.2%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
10.2%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
11.1%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
10.7%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
11.6%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
12.1%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.4%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
9.1%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.3%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
7.3%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.2%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.3%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
10.5%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.5%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.5%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.7%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.9%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.6%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.3%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.4%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.1%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.2%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.2%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.7%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
9.0%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.8%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.5%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.2%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.5%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.4%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
11.4%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.9%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.9%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.5%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
8.1%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.8%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Kinston, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
6.0%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
5.5%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
5.6%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
6.9%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
8.3%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.3%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
7.4%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.6%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.8%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.1%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.3%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.7%
4.9%
6.3%