Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Greenville peaked in September 2011 at 10.7% and is now 1.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
North Carolina	9.7%	-0.2	-0.7
Greenville	9.6%	-0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Greenville, North Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Greenville peaked in September 2011 at 9,727. There are now 681 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Greenville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Greenville, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	9,046	-50	+416

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	9.4%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.7%	9.6%	9,046
February 2012	8.3%	9.9%	9.7%	9,096
January 2012	8.3%	10.2%	9.8%	9,099
December 2011	8.5%	10.4%	10.0%	9,123
November 2011	8.7%	10.4%	10.3%	9,355
October 2011	8.9%	10.6%	10.6%	9,672
September 2011	9.0%	10.7%	10.7%	9,727
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.5%	9,523
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.1%	9,233
June 2011	9.1%	10.6%	9.9%	8,991
May 2011	9.0%	10.5%	9.6%	8,724
April 2011	9.0%	10.4%	9.6%	8,639