Fayetteville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fayetteville fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Fayetteville peaked in September 2011 at 10.2% and is now 0.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 10.0% in November 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Fayetteville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
North Carolina	9.9%	-0.1	+0.1
Fayetteville	10.0%	0.0	+0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Fayetteville, North Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fayetteville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fayetteville peaked in October 2011 at 16,447. There are now 342 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fayetteville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fayetteville, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Fayetteville	16,105	-45	+1,629

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fayetteville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Fayetteville Unemployment Rate	Fayetteville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.0%	16,105
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	10.0%	16,150
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.2%	16,447
September 2011	9.0%	10.5%	10.2%	16,376
August 2011	9.1%	10.4%	10.0%	16,014
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	9.7%	15,502
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	9.6%	15,120
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.3%	14,647
April 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.2%	14,447
March 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.1%	14,294
February 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.2%	14,342
January 2011	9.1%	9.8%	9.3%	14,496