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
213,037 202,765 207,241
Alamance County
3,541 3,475 3,405
Alexander County
618 573 653
Alleghany County
186 168 207
Anson County
431 407 434
Ashe County
438 387 403
Avery County
284 285 263
Beaufort County
754 680 775
Bertie County
316 291 323
Bladen County
661 639 626
Brunswick County
3,055 2,777 2,951
Buncombe County
5,945 5,904 4,619
Burke County
1,612 1,510 1,494
Cabarrus County
4,768 4,471 4,672
Caldwell County
1,487 1,355 1,401
Camden County
181 162 165
Carteret County
1,207 1,087 1,176
Caswell County
403 359 399
Catawba County
2,970 2,785 3,049
Chatham County
1,457 1,326 1,374
Cherokee County
478 435 483
Chowan County
238 208 256
Clay County
188 162 178
Cleveland County
2,060 1,961 1,978
Columbus County
903 869 938
Craven County
1,706 1,571 1,708
Cumberland County
6,707 6,471 6,599
Currituck County
489 442 494
Dare County
708 669 690
Davidson County
3,269 3,116 3,278
Davie County
776 720 757
Duplin County
821 764 815
Durham County
6,981 6,667 6,534
Edgecombe County
1,226 1,193 1,205
Forsyth County
7,862 7,529 7,690
Franklin County
1,435 1,374 1,423
Gaston County
4,862 4,562 4,704
Gates County
181 168 174
Graham County
124 114 131
Granville County
1,132 1,070 1,100
Greene County
311 308 298
Guilford County
12,197 12,088 12,107
Halifax County
1,116 1,042 1,036
Harnett County
2,554 2,411 2,506
Haywood County
1,123 998 1,013
Henderson County
1,986 1,796 1,875
Hertford County
378 379 388
Hoke County
985 930 1,005
Hyde County
77 74 78
Iredell County
3,873 3,705 3,797
Jackson County
797 779 760
Johnston County
4,402 4,182 4,345
Jones County
166 158 152
Lee County
1,226 1,177 1,176
Lenoir County
1,041 982 1,071
Lincoln County
1,724 1,565 1,740
Macon County
616 565 628
Madison County
453 442 339
Martin County
388 370 414
McDowell County
806 768 717
Mecklenburg County
26,838 26,005 26,138
Mitchell County
290 284 232
Montgomery County
450 424 456
Moore County
1,743 1,556 1,684
Nash County
2,224 2,171 2,176
New Hanover County
4,660 4,414 4,495
Northampton County
361 341 343
Onslow County
3,074 2,801 3,040
Orange County
2,866 2,764 2,750
Pamlico County
203 179 198
Pasquotank County
759 724 721
Pender County
1,215 1,138 1,154
Perquimans County
228 195 234
Person County
799 720 800
Pitt County
3,680 3,578 3,759
Polk County
363 326 325
Randolph County
2,642 2,451 2,644
Richmond County
876 821 913
Robeson County
2,490 2,471 2,517
Rockingham County
1,791 1,676 1,733
Rowan County
2,784 2,621 2,711
Rutherford County
1,311 1,289 1,205
Sampson County
1,029 998 1,058
Scotland County
715 731 724
Stanly County
1,137 1,033 1,111
Stokes County
833 772 786
Surry County
1,214 1,105 1,194
Swain County
232 219 221
Transylvania County
539 481 528
Tyrrell County
62 59 60
Union County
4,756 4,543 4,690
Vance County
907 875 935
Wake County
23,576 22,243 23,176
Warren County
373 354 365
Washington County
200 184 192
Watauga County
1,019 1,046 976
Wayne County
2,115 1,932 2,085
Wilkes County
1,106 1,011 1,082
Wilson County
1,946 1,917 1,975
Yadkin County
604 556 592
Yancey County
348 331 294
   

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