New Hanover County, NC Unemployment Rate Report

New Hanover County, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New Hanover County, North Carolina has ranged from 2.7% in December 1998 to 15.0% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for New Hanover County is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New Hanover County, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

New Hanover County, NC Current Unemployment - 3.4%

New Hanover County, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	3.3%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.1%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.0%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.2%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.6%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	5.5%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.1%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.4%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.6%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.9%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.5%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.2%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.5%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.6%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.2%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.7%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	3.7%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.4%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.0%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.8%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.6%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.4%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.4%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.4%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.5%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.5%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.5%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	4.4%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.8%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.6%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.8%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.7%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.1%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.0%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	4.2%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.2%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.8%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.4%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.4%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.9%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.9%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.0%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.0%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.8%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	4.9%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.8%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.8%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.9%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	5.3%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.1%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.4%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.3%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.8%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.9%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.6%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.6%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.5%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	5.8%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.7%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.3%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.4%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.7%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.4%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.2%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.0%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	6.9%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.8%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.3%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.5%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.9%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.1%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.3%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.1%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.2%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.3%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.0%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	9.5%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.8%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.8%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.4%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.6%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.0%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.7%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.2%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.7%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.8%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.5%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.2%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	9.7%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.3%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.6%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.0%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.4%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.9%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.0%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.7%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.0%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.1%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.1%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.7%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	10.1%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.8%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.3%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.0%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.2%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.1%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.1%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.0%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.5%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.3%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.1%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.2%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	10.8%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.7%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.3%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.7%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.6%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.6%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	9.5%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.3%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.9%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.0%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.6%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.5%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	8.9%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.5%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	9.1%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.6%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	9.0%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.4%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	9.3%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.1%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.2%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.4%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.6%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.0%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	4.6%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.3%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.5%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.9%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.2%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.2%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.9%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.1%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.9%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.7%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	4.1%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.4%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.5%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.8%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.9%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.7%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.6%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.7%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.8%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.1%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	3.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.9%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.6%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.5%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.9%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.7%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.4%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.8%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	4.7%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.8%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.2%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.2%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.6%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.4%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.9%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.7%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.6%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.4%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	5.2%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.9%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.9%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.4%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.4%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.9%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.4%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.0%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.6%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.9%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.3%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.2%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	6.5%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.2%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.8%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.6%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.3%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.8%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.3%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.1%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.1%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.3%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.7%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	7.2%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.8%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.5%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.4%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.3%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.6%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.2%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.9%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.6%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.7%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.1%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.2%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	4.5%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.3%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.1%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.0%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.9%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.4%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.5%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.1%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.1%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.6%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.7%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.7%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	3.8%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.9%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.7%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.1%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.6%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.6%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.8%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.3%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.7%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.7%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	3.2%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.4%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.9%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.8%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.8%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.0%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.0%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.9%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.0%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.3%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.3%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.1%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	4.6%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.8%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.5%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.3%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.5%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.6%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.6%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.5%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.3%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.5%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.0%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.7%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	4.4%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.9%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.5%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.2%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.2%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.4%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.9%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.7%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.8%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.7%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	4.9%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.9%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.7%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.1%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.6%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.4%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.5%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.8%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.5%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.6%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.2%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.6%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	7.6%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.5%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.8%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.0%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.7%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.2%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.5%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.3%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.8%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.6%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.9%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.8%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	7.4%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.7%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.1%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.6%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.5%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.7%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.0%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.3%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.9%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	6.7%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.8%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.8%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	7.9%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.3%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.5%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.2%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.8%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.0%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.5%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.4%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.2%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.1%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	7.9%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.8%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.2%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	6.6%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.1%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.0%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.4%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.2%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.4%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.4%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.6%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.1%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	5.3%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	5.4%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.3%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.1%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.1%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.1%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.0%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.3%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.5%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.7%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.6%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	6.8%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Hanover County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	4.3%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.5%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.8%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.9%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.1%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.8%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.0%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.6%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.5%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.5%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.1%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.8%	4.9%	6.3%