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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Persons
Name May 2025 Apr 2025 May 2024
Alamance County
85,878 85,965 86,194
Alexander County
16,038 16,165 16,321
Alleghany County
4,773 4,718 4,888
Anson County
8,966 9,034 9,027
Ashe County
12,512 12,487 12,551
Avery County
7,625 7,338 7,636
Beaufort County
19,158 19,214 18,968
Bertie County
5,893 5,987 6,266
Bladen County
11,926 12,018 12,405
Brunswick County
66,235 66,209 66,699
Buncombe County
141,982 142,784 143,183
Burke County
39,709 39,917 40,190
Cabarrus County
125,167 125,504 125,141
Caldwell County
36,324 36,542 36,723
Camden County
5,331 5,358 5,407
Carteret County
32,546 32,247 32,927
Caswell County
9,989 10,004 10,065
Catawba County
76,891 77,254 78,098
Chatham County
39,457 39,595 39,630
Cherokee County
11,343 11,283 11,561
Chowan County
6,250 6,281 6,324
Clay County
4,792 4,765 4,803
Cleveland County
45,350 45,638 45,511
Columbus County
20,090 20,195 20,474
Craven County
41,527 41,518 42,307
Cumberland County
131,220 131,894 133,412
Currituck County
16,041 16,145 16,277
Dare County
20,158 19,455 20,366
Davidson County
80,610 80,827 80,687
Davie County
20,843 20,935 20,880
Duplin County
22,760 22,986 22,973
Durham County
184,694 185,022 185,019
Edgecombe County
20,585 20,604 20,837
Forsyth County
185,280 185,662 185,238
Franklin County
39,203 39,185 39,277
Gaston County
117,273 117,611 117,022
Gates County
4,505 4,542 4,590
Graham County
3,615 3,596 3,611
Granville County
28,784 28,801 29,030
Greene County
8,779 8,854 8,848
Guilford County
262,860 263,387 265,913
Halifax County
18,365 18,396 18,630
Harnett County
58,811 59,120 59,435
Haywood County
29,371 29,427 29,129
Henderson County
57,838 57,986 59,061
Hertford County
8,185 8,328 8,484
Hoke County
20,544 20,655 20,947
Hyde County
1,768 1,757 1,782
Iredell County
103,716 104,086 103,738
Jackson County
21,131 21,069 20,529
Johnston County
127,990 128,053 128,148
Jones County
3,897 3,911 3,969
Lee County
31,207 31,202 30,537
Lenoir County
24,559 24,713 24,736
Lincoln County
48,005 48,123 47,992
Macon County
16,881 16,669 16,921
Madison County
10,825 10,874 10,924
Martin County
9,117 9,171 9,392
McDowell County
18,800 18,986 19,131
Mecklenburg County
656,622 658,318 655,394
Mitchell County
7,085 7,130 7,070
Montgomery County
10,517 10,546 10,704
Moore County
44,808 44,912 45,431
Nash County
42,617 42,680 43,129
New Hanover County
124,948 125,143 126,108
Northampton County
6,512 6,562 6,678
Onslow County
73,888 73,796 74,885
Orange County
77,826 78,062 78,196
Pamlico County
4,843 4,819 4,983
Pasquotank County
18,032 18,179 17,866
Pender County
31,767 31,820 32,111
Perquimans County
5,664 5,681 5,677
Person County
20,223 20,263 20,277
Pitt County
82,921 83,459 83,906
Polk County
9,773 9,795 9,733
Randolph County
66,973 67,117 67,817
Richmond County
19,371 19,390 19,988
Robeson County
45,183 45,374 45,424
Rockingham County
39,900 39,999 40,281
Rowan County
71,555 71,721 71,526
Rutherford County
26,387 26,501 26,951
Sampson County
24,592 24,816 25,221
Scotland County
13,127 13,241 13,199
Stanly County
34,049 34,452 33,921
Stokes County
20,503 20,536 20,486
Surry County
32,651 32,758 33,116
Swain County
6,602 6,527 6,596
Transylvania County
14,266 14,269 14,606
Tyrrell County
1,384 1,372 1,302
Union County
133,364 133,840 133,530
Vance County
18,728 18,733 18,736
Wake County
679,721 679,717 679,974
Warren County
7,294 7,263 7,460
Washington County
3,920 3,951 3,996
Watauga County
27,706 27,784 27,717
Wayne County
51,021 51,395 51,037
Wilkes County
25,839 25,927 26,323
Wilson County
34,418 34,568 35,106
Yadkin County
17,327 17,400 17,397
Yancey County
8,667 8,668 8,433
   

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