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Asheville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Asheville fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2013 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.9 percentage points lower than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Asheville peaked in January 2010 at 9.2% and is now 1.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Asheville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.6% -0.1 -0.6
North Carolina 9.2% -0.2 -0.2
Asheville 7.3% -0.2 -0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2013 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Asheville, North Carolina, National

Asheville, North Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Asheville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Asheville peaked in February 2010 at 19,636. There are now 3,550 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Asheville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Asheville, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Asheville 16,086 -541 -465

Number of Unemployed Persons

Asheville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		North Carolina
Unemployment Rate 		Asheville
Unemployment Rate 		Asheville
Unemployed
April
2013 		7.5% 8.9% — —
March
2013 		7.6% 9.2% 7.3% 16,086
February
2013 		7.7% 9.4% 7.5% 16,627
January
2013 		7.9% 9.5% 7.7% 17,015
December
2012 		7.8% 9.4% 7.6% 16,797
November
2012 		7.8% 9.4% 7.6% 16,785
October
2012 		7.9% 9.4% 7.6% 16,786
September
2012 		7.8% 9.5% 7.7% 16,804
August
2012 		8.1% 9.6% 7.7% 16,821
July
2012 		8.2% 9.6% 7.7% 16,805
June
2012 		8.2% 9.6% 7.7% 16,737
May
2012 		8.2% 9.5% 7.7% 16,641
April
2012 		8.1% 9.4% 7.7% 16,556

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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