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 1976    
 
 
    Aug 2025
Persons
Name Aug 2025 Jul 2025 Aug 2024
North Carolina
5,054,280 5,124,683 5,064,397
Alamance County
81,898 83,453 82,136
Alexander County
15,211 15,430 15,446
Alleghany County
4,487 4,432 4,609
Anson County
8,507 8,633 8,518
Ashe County
12,082 11,978 12,188
Avery County
7,426 7,600 7,371
Beaufort County
18,439 18,375 18,651
Bertie County
5,403 5,429 5,626
Bladen County
10,989 10,954 11,268
Brunswick County
63,530 64,244 63,876
Buncombe County
135,088 136,826 137,848
Burke County
37,680 38,279 38,163
Cabarrus County
121,005 123,338 120,003
Caldwell County
34,582 35,126 35,065
Camden County
5,153 5,287 5,232
Carteret County
31,434 31,894 31,411
Caswell County
9,475 9,573 9,493
Catawba County
73,347 74,550 74,241
Chatham County
37,927 38,876 38,193
Cherokee County
10,688 10,768 10,870
Chowan County
5,977 6,020 5,971
Clay County
4,514 4,530 4,494
Cleveland County
42,744 43,009 42,965
Columbus County
19,119 19,151 19,079
Craven County
39,606 39,698 39,886
Cumberland County
123,084 124,632 125,093
Currituck County
15,580 15,965 15,863
Dare County
21,628 22,008 20,943
Davidson County
77,287 78,359 77,181
Davie County
19,950 20,201 19,971
Duplin County
21,652 20,412 21,359
Durham County
177,719 182,565 178,193
Edgecombe County
19,009 19,405 19,410
Forsyth County
177,462 180,069 176,803
Franklin County
37,678 38,490 37,782
Gaston County
112,972 115,158 112,030
Gates County
4,303 4,396 4,396
Graham County
3,483 3,473 3,515
Granville County
27,484 27,764 27,731
Greene County
8,239 8,211 8,277
Guilford County
249,830 251,159 250,953
Halifax County
17,076 17,176 17,351
Harnett County
55,833 56,085 56,457
Haywood County
28,192 28,305 28,203
Henderson County
55,646 56,343 56,817
Hertford County
7,728 7,787 7,938
Hoke County
19,280 19,520 19,588
Hyde County
1,647 1,675 1,685
Iredell County
100,148 101,961 99,604
Jackson County
20,001 20,275 19,427
Johnston County
123,390 126,071 123,708
Jones County
3,615 3,597 3,662
Lee County
29,814 30,160 29,291
Lenoir County
23,060 23,229 23,008
Lincoln County
46,436 47,308 46,098
Macon County
16,097 16,216 16,427
Madison County
10,281 10,412 10,489
Martin County
8,544 8,441 8,704
McDowell County
17,722 17,833 18,055
Mecklenburg County
633,592 645,848 628,449
Mitchell County
6,657 6,623 6,747
Montgomery County
9,891 9,915 9,932
Moore County
42,816 43,273 43,323
Nash County
39,726 40,567 40,559
New Hanover County
121,085 122,377 122,003
Northampton County
6,052 6,076 6,215
Onslow County
70,114 68,823 70,984
Orange County
74,978 76,881 75,477
Pamlico County
4,640 4,636 4,669
Pasquotank County
17,123 17,360 17,038
Pender County
30,635 30,941 30,885
Perquimans County
5,357 5,312 5,315
Person County
19,332 19,849 19,383
Pitt County
78,869 80,219 78,981
Polk County
9,309 9,301 9,175
Randolph County
63,895 64,189 64,293
Richmond County
17,967 17,939 18,053
Robeson County
42,288 41,807 42,378
Rockingham County
37,931 38,123 38,138
Rowan County
68,988 70,284 68,488
Rutherford County
24,547 24,718 25,313
Sampson County
22,801 22,080 23,270
Scotland County
12,220 12,060 12,327
Stanly County
32,302 32,234 30,301
Stokes County
19,674 19,956 19,623
Surry County
31,161 31,045 31,266
Swain County
6,464 6,515 6,520
Transylvania County
13,901 14,150 14,239
Tyrrell County
1,367 1,333 1,283
Union County
129,094 131,484 128,262
Vance County
17,600 17,748 17,652
Wake County
656,023 670,648 657,046
Warren County
6,807 6,808 6,845
Washington County
3,621 3,604 3,670
Watauga County
27,173 27,008 27,011
Wayne County
48,660 49,278 48,650
Wilkes County
24,214 23,973 24,612
Wilson County
32,330 32,495 32,551
Yadkin County
16,611 16,811 16,653
Yancey County
8,287 8,278 8,197
   

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