Very High Unemployment Area
Rocky Mount, NC Current Unemployment - 8.4%
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
Rocky Mount, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
8.4%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
8.8%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
8.2%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
7.6%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
7.8%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
8.5%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
8.1%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
8.4%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
10.9%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
10.1%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.6%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
8.3%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
8.5%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
9.3%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
8.7%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
9.1%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
7.4%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
7.9%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
7.1%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
6.9%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
6.0%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.7%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.1%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
15.8%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
17.6%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.6%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
14.9%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
12.0%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
12.5%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
11.0%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
11.0%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
10.3%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
7.1%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.6%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.1%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
5.9%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
6.4%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
6.9%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
7.3%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.8%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
5.9%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.6%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.6%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.9%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
7.2%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
7.4%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
6.8%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.9%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.0%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.9%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.7%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.1%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.3%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
6.3%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
6.0%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
6.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
9.0%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
8.7%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.8%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
8.2%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
8.2%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.2%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.0%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.6%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.4%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
7.5%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.3%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.4%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
8.2%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.2%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.1%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
8.8%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
8.6%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.9%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
9.6%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
9.5%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.7%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
8.5%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
8.2%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
7.9%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
8.8%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.7%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.3%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.0%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.6%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.7%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.7%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
9.1%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.6%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
8.2%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.9%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.5%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
9.8%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.7%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.5%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.0%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.8%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
10.1%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.5%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.1%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.4%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
8.1%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.1%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.5%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
13.7%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.9%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.1%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.1%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.4%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.9%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
12.9%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.9%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.8%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.9%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.0%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.2%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
12.3%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.4%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
12.1%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.9%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.4%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.5%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
14.2%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
14.1%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.8%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.3%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
11.8%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.5%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
12.6%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.5%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.5%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.9%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
13.6%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.6%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.8%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.1%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.3%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.4%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.7%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
12.3%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
13.6%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.8%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.5%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.9%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.9%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.9%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.0%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.2%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.3%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.3%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.7%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
12.5%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
10.9%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
11.6%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
11.3%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.4%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.2%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.4%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.2%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.7%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
11.9%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.9%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.6%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.9%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
6.2%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.1%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.2%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.5%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.4%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.1%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.3%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.6%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.9%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.6%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.7%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.2%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
5.5%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
5.5%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.3%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.7%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.8%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.2%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.5%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.9%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.6%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.7%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
5.8%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
5.8%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.7%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.1%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.3%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.5%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.5%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.2%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.6%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.3%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.5%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.0%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
6.9%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.2%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.7%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.7%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.0%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.3%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.3%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
6.6%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.4%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
5.9%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.1%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.2%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
10.2%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.0%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
9.8%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
9.3%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.4%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.9%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
9.6%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
9.1%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.3%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.7%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.2%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.9%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
12.0%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
11.8%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
11.0%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
10.9%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.8%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.7%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.0%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.6%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.7%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
9.6%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.9%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
12.5%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.6%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
12.2%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
12.5%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.2%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
12.4%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
11.9%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
11.3%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
10.7%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
10.9%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.5%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.3%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
7.8%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.2%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.2%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.2%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.3%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.3%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
9.0%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.2%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.0%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.0%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
11.7%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.9%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
7.0%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
7.2%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.5%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.9%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.5%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
6.5%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.9%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.5%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.1%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.6%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.2%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.9%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
7.7%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.4%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.7%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.7%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.7%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.9%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.3%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.4%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.3%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.0%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
8.0%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.4%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
9.0%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
8.4%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.3%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.4%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
7.5%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.2%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.7%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.3%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.7%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
7.4%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.1%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
5.7%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
10.9%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.0%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.3%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.4%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
9.1%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.8%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.4%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.5%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.8%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.4%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
8.1%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.2%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
8.8%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.7%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.1%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.8%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
10.4%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.9%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.8%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.7%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.2%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.0%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.2%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
8.3%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
7.4%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
6.8%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
6.4%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
6.6%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.8%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.9%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
7.5%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
7.9%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.8%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.0%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.2%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.8%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
7.6%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
7.4%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
7.1%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
6.7%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
6.7%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
7.6%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.4%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.9%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.9%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.6%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.1%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.4%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
8.8%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.2%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.1%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.0%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.2%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.7%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.1%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.2%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
6.3%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.3%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.2%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
5.9%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
9.4%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.1%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.2%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.8%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.5%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
10.3%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.7%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
8.9%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.0%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.0%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.5%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.7%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
8.8%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
9.0%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.6%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.7%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.0%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.5%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.4%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.5%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.0%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.1%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.9%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.7%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Rocky Mount, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
5.1%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
5.8%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
4.8%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
4.9%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.5%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.4%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.6%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.9%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.4%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
4.5%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.7%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.6%
4.9%
6.3%