Very High Unemployment Area
Richmond County, NC Current Unemployment - 6.0%
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
Richmond County, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
6.3%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
6.1%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.1%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.6%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.5%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
6.1%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.7%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.0%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
8.6%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
8.1%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.7%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
7.4%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
7.6%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
8.0%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
7.5%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
7.3%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
6.7%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
6.7%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
6.0%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
5.5%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
5.7%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.3%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.9%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
11.6%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.0%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
9.1%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.9%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.8%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
9.1%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
8.1%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
8.2%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
8.3%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
6.0%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.8%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.3%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.8%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.1%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.5%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.8%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.6%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.8%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
5.1%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.0%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.7%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
6.2%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.3%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.7%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.1%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
5.2%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.7%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.7%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.6%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
5.0%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.1%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.1%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.4%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
7.2%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.7%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.9%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.4%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.7%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.9%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.2%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.2%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.4%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.4%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.8%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.5%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
7.7%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.2%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.8%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.4%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.4%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.9%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.1%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.8%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.0%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.9%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.7%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
8.2%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.2%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.6%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.2%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.2%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.2%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.4%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.0%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.5%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.5%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
8.0%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.5%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
10.0%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
10.0%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.4%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.4%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.9%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.0%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.5%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.3%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
8.0%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.8%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.7%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.5%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
13.5%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.9%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.0%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.4%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.7%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.3%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.8%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
11.5%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
10.8%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
10.6%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.3%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.7%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
14.2%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.1%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.1%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.8%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
12.8%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.5%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
13.7%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.4%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.6%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.7%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.5%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
12.6%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
15.4%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.8%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.3%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.9%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.1%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.8%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.8%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
14.7%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.4%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.1%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.9%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.7%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
15.5%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.6%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
15.5%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
14.8%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
14.4%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
14.4%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.9%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.3%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.7%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.8%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
14.6%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
14.6%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
14.3%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.6%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.3%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
14.3%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.8%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
13.8%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
13.5%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
13.5%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
13.3%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.2%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
13.7%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.2%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
8.8%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.5%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.5%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.5%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
8.6%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.7%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.4%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.7%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.3%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
11.5%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.6%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
7.6%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.6%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.8%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.0%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.1%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.5%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.6%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.1%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.6%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.7%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.2%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
7.2%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.5%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.9%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.1%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
7.8%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
7.8%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.0%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.5%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.5%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.8%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.4%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.0%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
8.4%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
8.3%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.4%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.6%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.6%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.9%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.0%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.4%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.5%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.0%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.4%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.7%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
8.9%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.5%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.3%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.7%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.9%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.3%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.0%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.6%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
7.3%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.5%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.9%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.9%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
10.5%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.4%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
9.9%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
9.7%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.1%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.2%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.8%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.6%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.2%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.8%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.6%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
8.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
11.3%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.7%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.4%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
11.7%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.8%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.6%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.0%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
10.1%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
9.4%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
9.6%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.7%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
10.3%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
6.4%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
7.6%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.8%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.4%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.6%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.8%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
8.1%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.8%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.5%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
9.6%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.6%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.3%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
5.0%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.1%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.8%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.2%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.8%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.5%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.1%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.4%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.6%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.3%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
6.2%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.2%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
7.3%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
7.5%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
6.5%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.9%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.9%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.1%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.1%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.5%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.9%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
6.5%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.3%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
5.4%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
9.3%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
9.4%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
9.4%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
7.6%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
8.2%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.3%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.1%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
9.1%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.7%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
8.1%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.4%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.9%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
9.2%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
8.7%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
8.1%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
8.0%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
8.8%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.8%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
9.2%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
9.5%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.9%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
9.5%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.3%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
8.9%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
10.9%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
13.9%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.2%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
11.6%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
12.3%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.8%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.9%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
10.7%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.9%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
10.5%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
10.3%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.2%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
8.4%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.7%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.1%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.8%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
11.5%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
12.2%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.4%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.6%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.1%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.8%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
8.1%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
10.0%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.7%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
10.5%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
9.8%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.0%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
10.4%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.4%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.9%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.0%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.6%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
9.0%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.2%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
8.9%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.9%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.2%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
12.1%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.2%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.0%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.3%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.7%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
8.2%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
8.7%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.9%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.2%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
10.3%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.5%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
8.2%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
8.0%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
8.4%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
9.3%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.4%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
8.8%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.6%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
9.0%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.0%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.2%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
8.6%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.2%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.5%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
8.7%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
11.1%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.4%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.1%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.0%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
9.5%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.3%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.6%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.3%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Richmond County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
5.1%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.5%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
5.6%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
4.7%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
5.0%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.7%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.2%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
5.1%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.2%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.7%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.1%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.7%
4.9%
6.3%