Jacksonville, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jacksonville fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Jacksonville peaked in September 2011 at 9.5% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville	8.9%	-0.1	+0.6

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: 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 141 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 6,045 in January 2012, the number of unemployed has now grown by 38. Jacksonville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Jacksonville	6,083	+36	+667

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jacksonville, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	9.4%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.7%	8.9%	6,083
February 2012	8.3%	9.9%	9.0%	6,047
January 2012	8.3%	10.2%	9.1%	6,045
December 2011	8.5%	10.4%	9.3%	6,054
November 2011	8.7%	10.4%	9.3%	6,088
October 2011	8.9%	10.6%	9.5%	6,224
September 2011	9.0%	10.7%	9.5%	6,158
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	9.2%	5,957
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	8.8%	5,732
June 2011	9.1%	10.6%	8.6%	5,604
May 2011	9.0%	10.5%	8.4%	5,455
April 2011	9.0%	10.4%	8.3%	5,431