Wilmington, North Carolina Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Wilmington fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the North Carolina rate. The unemployment rate in Wilmington peaked in September 2011 at 10.9% and is now 0.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Wilmington 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
Wilmington	10.4%	-0.2	+0.6

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: Wilmington, North Carolina, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Wilmington, North Carolina Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Wilmington peaked in January 2010 at 19,358. There are now 1,245 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 16,494 in March 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,619. Wilmington employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Wilmington, North Carolina) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Wilmington	18,113	-298	+768

Number of Unemployed Persons

Wilmington, North Carolina Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	North Carolina Unemployment Rate	Wilmington Unemployment Rate	Wilmington Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.4%	18,113
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	10.6%	18,411
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.9%	19,061
September 2011	9.0%	10.5%	10.9%	19,182
August 2011	9.1%	10.4%	10.8%	18,871
July 2011	9.1%	10.1%	10.3%	18,241
June 2011	9.1%	9.9%	10.0%	17,615
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.6%	16,918
April 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.5%	16,677
March 2011	8.9%	9.7%	9.4%	16,494
February 2011	9.0%	9.8%	9.5%	16,666
January 2011	9.1%	9.8%	9.7%	17,055