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According to the latest report from the N.C. Department of Commerce, North Carolina has a 3.3% unemployment rate, the lowest in decades.
Published: Sunday, November 19th, 2023 @ 11:39 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The monthly local jobs report reveals unemployment rates and related economic indicators at the county level.
Published: Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The monthly local jobs report reveals unemployment rates and related economic indicators at the county level.
Published: Sunday, April 16th, 2023 @ 2:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment rates increased in all but one of North Carolina’s 100 counties in January, according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce. These local rates are not seasonally adjusted and are subject to large seasonal patterns.
Published: Friday, March 31st, 2023 @ 12:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment decreased in 96 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in December, according to the latest release from the state’s Department of Commerce. Ninety-two counties also saw a decrease in unemployment rates in November’s county-level jobs report.
Published: Saturday, February 11th, 2023 @ 7:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Edgecombe County had the highest overall October unemployment rate at 7.5%
Published: Monday, December 26th, 2022 @ 1:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Today the North Carolina Department of Commerce released September county-level unemployment data for the state, revealing a decrease in unemployment rates for 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. Only Warren County saw an increase in its unemployment rate.
Published: Sunday, November 27th, 2022 @ 2:53 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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According to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce, unemployment rates decreased in all 100 of North Carolina’s counties in July.
Published: Tuesday, September 6th, 2022 @ 8:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) increased in all but two of North Carolina’s counties in June, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Sunday, August 14th, 2022 @ 3:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Eighty-nine of North Carolina’s one hundred counties experienced an increase in unemployment last month, according to the latest release from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.
Published: Sunday, July 17th, 2022 @ 6:47 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Since September, the John Locke Foundation has been tracking the monthly jobs and unemployment data for North Carolina released by the Department of Commerce.
Published: Monday, June 27th, 2022 @ 5:21 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, more Americans are working than ever before. Virtually every demographic is achieving historic low unemployment rates.
Published: Friday, December 13th, 2019 @ 11:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Since President Trump has taken office, economic growth rates have soared, 4.2 percent in the last quarter, and unemployment rates are the lowest in decades, at present 3.7 percent
Published: Saturday, December 29th, 2018 @ 12:52 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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When pollsters ask voters to list the issues they care about most, economic concerns usually rank high on the list - even when unemployment rates are relatively low
Published: Monday, May 14th, 2018 @ 5:23 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I have been banned from entering that place!
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:41 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Tuesday's edition of the Raleigh News & Observer included a fact-free editorial by a staffer of the George Soros-funded Budget & Tax Center - a project of the NC Justice Center.
Published: Saturday, October 29th, 2016 @ 12:24 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"North Carolina's recent, major changes in economic policy have resulted, thus far, in sizable increases in economic growth, employment, and salaries, and reductions in unemployment rates."
Published: Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 @ 2:07 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The website newgeography.org recently published a study of which metro areas have the most economic momentum as 2014 gets under way. The Praxis Strategy Group looked at factors such as GDP growth, job growth, unemployment rates, population growth and migration from other states.
Published: Tuesday, January 21st, 2014 @ 11:41 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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"You get what you pay for" goes one popular old adage. And in North Carolina, it appears that we had for some time been paying to secure one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. But lo and behold, when you stop paying people not to work, more people actually go back to work.
Published: Saturday, January 18th, 2014 @ 3:59 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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As one who was born and raised in Eastern Carolina I hate to see what is happening to this rural region.
Published: Thursday, December 5th, 2013 @ 2:43 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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It is abundantly clear that real tax reform is needed in North Carolina - our state has the highest taxes in the Southeast and one of the worst business climates and unemployment rates in the country.
Published: Tuesday, June 25th, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Bill Cook
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Just about every political cause in Raleigh is being pitched as a spur to economic growth. It's easy to see why. North Carolina continues to post...
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 6:27 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As North Carolina continues to struggle with one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, many families are finding ways to trim their household budget. But how many of you would think that adding an expensive cable channel that nobody watches would count as tightening your budget?
Published: Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 @ 4:55 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Already this November, according to the National Association of Realtors Residential Sold Report, 12 homes have been sold countywide, nine of those in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, November 17th, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
By: BCN
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