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Rocky Mount, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Rocky Mount fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2013 to 12.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.9 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Rocky Mount peaked in February 2010 at 14.2% and is now 1.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 12.8% in April 2012, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Rocky Mount unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.5% -0.1 -0.6
North Carolina 8.9% -0.3 -0.5
Rocky Mount 12.8% -0.2 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2013 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Rocky Mount, North Carolina, National

Rocky Mount, North Carolina monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Rocky Mount peaked in March 2010 at 10,329. There are now 1,334 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Rocky Mount employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Rocky Mount, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Rocky Mount 8,995 -206 -75

Number of Unemployed Persons

Rocky Mount, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		North Carolina
Unemployment Rate 		Rocky Mount
Unemployment Rate 		Rocky Mount
Unemployed
May
2013 		7.6% — — —
April
2013 		7.5% 8.9% 12.8% 8,995
March
2013 		7.6% 9.2% 13.0% 9,201
February
2013 		7.7% 9.4% 13.2% 9,403
January
2013 		7.9% 9.5% 13.3% 9,486
December
2012 		7.8% 9.4% 13.0% 9,238
November
2012 		7.8% 9.4% 13.0% 9,240
October
2012 		7.9% 9.4% 13.0% 9,243
September
2012 		7.8% 9.5% 13.0% 9,249
August
2012 		8.1% 9.6% 13.0% 9,245
July
2012 		8.2% 9.6% 13.0% 9,215
June
2012 		8.2% 9.6% 12.9% 9,161
May
2012 		8.2% 9.5% 12.9% 9,103

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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