Jacksonville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jacksonville fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Jacksonville peaked in September 2011 at 9.5% and is now 0.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 9.3% in November 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville	9.3%	0.0	+1.0

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: Jacksonville, North Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jacksonville, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jacksonville peaked in October 2011 at 6,224. There are now 170 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Jacksonville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Jacksonville	6,054	-34	+641

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jacksonville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	9.3%	6,054
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	9.3%	6,088
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	9.5%	6,224
September 2011	9.0%	10.5%	9.5%	6,158
August 2011	9.1%	10.4%	9.2%	5,957
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	8.8%	5,732
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	8.6%	5,604
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	8.4%	5,455
April 2011	9.0%	9.7%	8.3%	5,431
March 2011	8.9%	9.7%	8.3%	5,416
February 2011	9.0%	9.8%	8.4%	5,422
January 2011	9.1%	9.8%	8.4%	5,433