Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Greenville fell 0.3 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 Greenville peaked in September 2011 at 10.7% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Greenville 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
Greenville	10.0%	-0.3	+0.1

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: 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 604 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	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Greenville	9,123	-232	+200

Number of Unemployed Persons

Greenville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployment Rate	Greenville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.0%	9,123
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	10.3%	9,355
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.6%	9,672
September 2011	9.0%	10.5%	10.7%	9,727
August 2011	9.1%	10.4%	10.5%	9,523
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	10.1%	9,233
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	9.9%	8,991
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.6%	8,724
April 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.6%	8,639
March 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.6%	8,630
February 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.8%	8,748
January 2011	9.1%	9.8%	9.9%	8,887