Federal Reserve Economic Data


The Local Area Unemployment Statistics release include monthly and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for different geographies. These data are based on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the household survey that is the source of the national unemployment rate. For more details, see the frequently asked questions here: https://www.bls.gov/lau/laufaq.htm.


   

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    Jan 1990    
 
 
    Aug 2025
Persons
Name Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Aug 2024
Alamance County
85,439 86,928 85,541
Alexander County
15,829 16,003 16,099
Alleghany County
4,673 4,600 4,816
Anson County
8,938 9,040 8,952
Ashe County
12,520 12,365 12,591
Avery County
7,710 7,885 7,634
Beaufort County
19,193 19,055 19,426
Bertie County
5,719 5,720 5,949
Bladen County
11,650 11,593 11,894
Brunswick County
66,585 67,021 66,827
Buncombe County
141,033 142,730 142,467
Burke County
39,292 39,789 39,657
Cabarrus County
125,773 127,809 124,675
Caldwell County
36,069 36,481 36,466
Camden County
5,334 5,449 5,397
Carteret County
32,641 32,981 32,587
Caswell County
9,878 9,932 9,892
Catawba County
76,317 77,335 77,290
Chatham County
39,384 40,202 39,567
Cherokee County
11,166 11,203 11,353
Chowan County
6,215 6,228 6,227
Clay County
4,702 4,692 4,672
Cleveland County
44,804 44,970 44,943
Columbus County
20,022 20,020 20,017
Craven County
41,312 41,269 41,594
Cumberland County
129,791 131,103 131,692
Currituck County
16,069 16,407 16,357
Dare County
22,336 22,677 21,633
Davidson County
80,556 81,475 80,459
Davie County
20,726 20,921 20,728
Duplin County
22,473 21,176 22,174
Durham County
184,700 189,232 184,727
Edgecombe County
20,235 20,598 20,615
Forsyth County
185,324 187,598 184,493
Franklin County
39,113 39,864 39,205
Gaston County
117,834 119,720 116,734
Gates County
4,484 4,564 4,570
Graham County
3,607 3,587 3,646
Granville County
28,616 28,834 28,831
Greene County
8,550 8,519 8,575
Guilford County
262,027 263,247 263,060
Halifax County
18,192 18,218 18,387
Harnett County
58,387 58,496 58,963
Haywood County
29,315 29,303 29,216
Henderson County
57,632 58,139 58,692
Hertford County
8,106 8,166 8,326
Hoke County
20,265 20,450 20,593
Hyde County
1,724 1,749 1,763
Iredell County
104,021 105,666 103,401
Jackson County
20,798 21,054 20,187
Johnston County
127,792 130,253 128,053
Jones County
3,781 3,755 3,814
Lee County
31,040 31,337 30,467
Lenoir County
24,101 24,211 24,079
Lincoln County
48,160 48,873 47,838
Macon County
16,713 16,781 17,055
Madison County
10,734 10,854 10,828
Martin County
8,932 8,811 9,118
McDowell County
18,528 18,601 18,772
Mecklenburg County
660,430 671,853 654,587
Mitchell County
6,947 6,907 6,979
Montgomery County
10,341 10,339 10,388
Moore County
44,559 44,829 45,007
Nash County
41,950 42,738 42,735
New Hanover County
125,745 126,791 126,498
Northampton County
6,413 6,417 6,558
Onslow County
73,188 71,624 74,024
Orange County
77,844 79,645 78,227
Pamlico County
4,843 4,815 4,867
Pasquotank County
17,882 18,084 17,759
Pender County
31,850 32,079 32,039
Perquimans County
5,585 5,507 5,549
Person County
20,131 20,569 20,183
Pitt County
82,549 83,797 82,740
Polk County
9,672 9,627 9,500
Randolph County
66,537 66,640 66,937
Richmond County
18,843 18,760 18,966
Robeson County
44,778 44,278 44,895
Rockingham County
39,722 39,799 39,871
Rowan County
71,772 72,905 71,199
Rutherford County
25,858 26,007 26,518
Sampson County
23,830 23,078 24,328
Scotland County
12,935 12,791 13,051
Stanly County
33,439 33,267 31,412
Stokes County
20,507 20,728 20,409
Surry County
32,375 32,150 32,460
Swain County
6,696 6,734 6,741
Transylvania County
14,440 14,631 14,767
Tyrrell County
1,429 1,392 1,343
Union County
133,850 136,027 132,952
Vance County
18,507 18,623 18,587
Wake County
679,599 692,891 680,222
Warren County
7,180 7,162 7,210
Washington County
3,821 3,788 3,862
Watauga County
28,192 28,054 27,987
Wayne County
50,775 51,210 50,735
Wilkes County
25,320 24,984 25,694
Wilson County
34,276 34,412 34,526
Yadkin County
17,215 17,367 17,245
Yancey County
8,635 8,609 8,491
   

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