Table Data - Civilian Labor Force in Watauga County, NC

Title Civilian Labor Force in Watauga County, NC
Series ID NCWATA9LFN
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Release Unemployment in States and Local Areas (all other areas) (Not a Press Release)
Seasonal Adjustment Not Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Persons
Date Range 1990-01-01 to 2026-04-01
Last Updated 2026-06-03 1:04 PM CDT
Notes These data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), also known as the household survey.

Civilian Labor Force includes all persons in the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older classified as either employed or unemployed.

Employed persons are all persons who, during the reference week (the week including the 12th day of the month), (a) did any work as paid employees, worked in their own business or profession or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of their family, or (b) were not working but who had jobs from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Unemployed persons are all persons who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment some time during the 4 week-period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as unemployed.

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DATE VALUE
1990-01-01 19414
1990-02-01 19680
1990-03-01 19427
1990-04-01 19571
1990-05-01 20011
1990-06-01 19398
1990-07-01 19516
1990-08-01 19141
1990-09-01 19819
1990-10-01 20447
1990-11-01 20413
1990-12-01 20439
1991-01-01 19533
1991-02-01 20127
1991-03-01 19384
1991-04-01 19591
1991-05-01 20111
1991-06-01 19407
1991-07-01 19588
1991-08-01 19448
1991-09-01 20756
1991-10-01 21154
1991-11-01 20982
1991-12-01 20809
1992-01-01 20419
1992-02-01 20839
1992-03-01 20555
1992-04-01 20237
1992-05-01 20675
1992-06-01 19949
1992-07-01 20656
1992-08-01 20372
1992-09-01 21352
1992-10-01 21499
1992-11-01 21298
1992-12-01 21334
1993-01-01 20316
1993-02-01 20946
1993-03-01 20688
1993-04-01 20648
1993-05-01 21203
1993-06-01 20201
1993-07-01 21181
1993-08-01 20886
1993-09-01 21486
1993-10-01 21885
1993-11-01 21775
1993-12-01 21853
1994-01-01 21127
1994-02-01 21605
1994-03-01 21117
1994-04-01 21266
1994-05-01 21932
1994-06-01 21120
1994-07-01 21978
1994-08-01 21837
1994-09-01 22683
1994-10-01 22971
1994-11-01 22926
1994-12-01 22617
1995-01-01 22490
1995-02-01 22896
1995-03-01 22380
1995-04-01 22176
1995-05-01 22238
1995-06-01 21411
1995-07-01 22244
1995-08-01 22388
1995-09-01 22959
1995-10-01 23206
1995-11-01 23140
1995-12-01 23007
1996-01-01 22152
1996-02-01 22375
1996-03-01 22341
1996-04-01 22103
1996-05-01 22420
1996-06-01 21565
1996-07-01 22753
1996-08-01 23065
1996-09-01 23328
1996-10-01 24028
1996-11-01 23546
1996-12-01 23461
1997-01-01 22821
1997-02-01 23149
1997-03-01 22840
1997-04-01 22884
1997-05-01 23018
1997-06-01 22215
1997-07-01 23163
1997-08-01 23051
1997-09-01 23498
1997-10-01 24161
1997-11-01 23656
1997-12-01 23746
1998-01-01 23182
1998-02-01 23377
1998-03-01 23476
1998-04-01 22960
1998-05-01 23331
1998-06-01 22058
1998-07-01 22671
1998-08-01 22790
1998-09-01 23495
1998-10-01 24180
1998-11-01 24173
1998-12-01 24195
1999-01-01 23630
1999-02-01 23534
1999-03-01 23782
1999-04-01 23467
1999-05-01 23636
1999-06-01 22618
1999-07-01 23028
1999-08-01 23215
1999-09-01 24200
1999-10-01 25007
1999-11-01 24841
1999-12-01 25210
2000-01-01 22688
2000-02-01 22995
2000-03-01 22709
2000-04-01 22776
2000-05-01 23047
2000-06-01 22676
2000-07-01 22615
2000-08-01 23029
2000-09-01 23629
2000-10-01 24184
2000-11-01 24154
2000-12-01 24442
2001-01-01 23727
2001-02-01 23815
2001-03-01 23521
2001-04-01 23576
2001-05-01 23864
2001-06-01 23128
2001-07-01 23189
2001-08-01 23455
2001-09-01 23998
2001-10-01 24388
2001-11-01 23993
2001-12-01 23607
2002-01-01 22188
2002-02-01 22361
2002-03-01 22173
2002-04-01 21867
2002-05-01 22399
2002-06-01 22535
2002-07-01 22711
2002-08-01 22741
2002-09-01 22468
2002-10-01 22408
2002-11-01 21943
2002-12-01 21831
2003-01-01 22203
2003-02-01 22276
2003-03-01 22435
2003-04-01 22552
2003-05-01 22760
2003-06-01 23304
2003-07-01 23494
2003-08-01 23198
2003-09-01 23011
2003-10-01 23280
2003-11-01 23062
2003-12-01 23259
2004-01-01 23015
2004-02-01 22739
2004-03-01 22614
2004-04-01 22515
2004-05-01 22782
2004-06-01 23167
2004-07-01 23463
2004-08-01 23165
2004-09-01 22866
2004-10-01 23157
2004-11-01 22744
2004-12-01 22705
2005-01-01 22640
2005-02-01 22809
2005-03-01 22566
2005-04-01 23055
2005-05-01 23398
2005-06-01 23817
2005-07-01 24330
2005-08-01 23802
2005-09-01 23644
2005-10-01 23994
2005-11-01 23610
2005-12-01 23615
2006-01-01 23502
2006-02-01 23445
2006-03-01 23370
2006-04-01 23269
2006-05-01 23931
2006-06-01 24369
2006-07-01 24919
2006-08-01 24512
2006-09-01 24442
2006-10-01 24682
2006-11-01 24371
2006-12-01 24081
2007-01-01 24359
2007-02-01 24465
2007-03-01 24250
2007-04-01 24593
2007-05-01 25080
2007-06-01 25622
2007-07-01 25795
2007-08-01 25357
2007-09-01 25501
2007-10-01 25362
2007-11-01 25160
2007-12-01 24752
2008-01-01 22880
2008-02-01 23095
2008-03-01 22659
2008-04-01 22712
2008-05-01 23295
2008-06-01 23742
2008-07-01 24228
2008-08-01 23512
2008-09-01 23693
2008-10-01 23520
2008-11-01 23308
2008-12-01 23487
2009-01-01 23385
2009-02-01 23668
2009-03-01 23224
2009-04-01 23116
2009-05-01 23461
2009-06-01 23558
2009-07-01 23814
2009-08-01 23503
2009-09-01 23863
2009-10-01 23637
2009-11-01 23372
2009-12-01 23261
2010-01-01 26640
2010-02-01 26768
2010-03-01 26565
2010-04-01 27146
2010-05-01 27173
2010-06-01 27144
2010-07-01 27550
2010-08-01 27052
2010-09-01 27358
2010-10-01 27498
2010-11-01 27069
2010-12-01 26887
2011-01-01 26673
2011-02-01 26662
2011-03-01 26392
2011-04-01 26452
2011-05-01 26989
2011-06-01 27309
2011-07-01 27615
2011-08-01 27319
2011-09-01 27731
2011-10-01 27768
2011-11-01 27096
2011-12-01 26982
2012-01-01 26329
2012-02-01 26614
2012-03-01 26549
2012-04-01 26639
2012-05-01 27175
2012-06-01 27427
2012-07-01 27906
2012-08-01 27325
2012-09-01 27741
2012-10-01 27630
2012-11-01 27426
2012-12-01 27068
2013-01-01 26947
2013-02-01 26873
2013-03-01 26470
2013-04-01 26459
2013-05-01 26750
2013-06-01 26783
2013-07-01 27443
2013-08-01 27090
2013-09-01 27164
2013-10-01 26953
2013-11-01 26540
2013-12-01 26652
2014-01-01 26292
2014-02-01 26200
2014-03-01 26274
2014-04-01 26156
2014-05-01 26768
2014-06-01 26834
2014-07-01 27568
2014-08-01 27682
2014-09-01 27192
2014-10-01 27226
2014-11-01 26756
2014-12-01 26689
2015-01-01 26545
2015-02-01 26631
2015-03-01 26475
2015-04-01 26340
2015-05-01 27144
2015-06-01 27261
2015-07-01 27899
2015-08-01 28019
2015-09-01 27203
2015-10-01 27405
2015-11-01 26904
2015-12-01 26741
2016-01-01 24656
2016-02-01 24982
2016-03-01 24693
2016-04-01 24935
2016-05-01 25392
2016-06-01 25650
2016-07-01 25882
2016-08-01 26485
2016-09-01 25689
2016-10-01 25758
2016-11-01 25202
2016-12-01 25917
2017-01-01 25020
2017-02-01 25395
2017-03-01 25307
2017-04-01 25359
2017-05-01 25828
2017-06-01 26364
2017-07-01 26908
2017-08-01 26845
2017-09-01 26527
2017-10-01 26435
2017-11-01 26114
2017-12-01 25874
2018-01-01 25264
2018-02-01 25848
2018-03-01 25598
2018-04-01 25717
2018-05-01 26044
2018-06-01 26431
2018-07-01 26968
2018-08-01 26781
2018-09-01 26673
2018-10-01 26907
2018-11-01 26647
2018-12-01 26429
2019-01-01 26093
2019-02-01 26534
2019-03-01 26429
2019-04-01 26522
2019-05-01 26842
2019-06-01 26757
2019-07-01 27539
2019-08-01 27700
2019-09-01 27549
2019-10-01 27433
2019-11-01 27033
2019-12-01 26944
2020-01-01 26282
2020-02-01 26974
2020-03-01 25033
2020-04-01 22351
2020-05-01 23169
2020-06-01 24186
2020-07-01 24662
2020-08-01 25264
2020-09-01 25059
2020-10-01 25408
2020-11-01 25557
2020-12-01 25420
2021-01-01 24909
2021-02-01 25442
2021-03-01 25561
2021-04-01 25153
2021-05-01 25158
2021-06-01 25719
2021-07-01 26300
2021-08-01 26758
2021-09-01 26470
2021-10-01 26835
2021-11-01 26849
2021-12-01 26876
2022-01-01 26369
2022-02-01 26883
2022-03-01 26889
2022-04-01 27166
2022-05-01 27132
2022-06-01 26919
2022-07-01 27308
2022-08-01 27566
2022-09-01 27799
2022-10-01 27743
2022-11-01 27442
2022-12-01 27549
2023-01-01 27208
2023-02-01 27613
2023-03-01 27412
2023-04-01 27615
2023-05-01 27917
2023-06-01 27944
2023-07-01 27654
2023-08-01 28045
2023-09-01 28273
2023-10-01 28273
2023-11-01 27980
2023-12-01 27960
2024-01-01 27281
2024-02-01 27723
2024-03-01 27958
2024-04-01 28740
2024-05-01 28855
2024-06-01 28559
2024-07-01 28641
2024-08-01 28810
2024-09-01 29149
2024-10-01 28256
2024-11-01 28283
2024-12-01 28593
2025-01-01 27629
2025-02-01 28096
2025-03-01 28200
2025-04-01 28232
2025-05-01 28000
2025-06-01 27695
2025-07-01 27979
2025-08-01 28310
2025-09-01 28655
2025-10-01 .
2025-11-01 28312
2025-12-01 28496
2026-01-01 27736
2026-02-01 28226
2026-03-01 28216
2026-04-01 28416

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