Moderate Unemployment Area
Cleveland County, NC Current Unemployment - 4.3%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Cleveland County, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
4.1%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.0%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.0%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.8%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.0%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.4%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.0%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.3%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
6.5%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.1%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.1%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.5%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.7%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.0%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.6%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.4%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.7%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.6%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.2%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.6%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
4.4%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.9%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.6%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.7%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.5%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.7%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.0%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.0%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.5%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.6%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.4%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.4%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
4.4%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.1%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.0%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.6%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.9%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.3%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.5%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.3%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.7%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.7%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.8%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.7%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
4.5%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.3%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.0%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.7%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.2%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.3%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.6%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.7%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.7%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.9%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
5.5%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.1%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.6%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.1%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.6%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.9%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.8%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.2%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.2%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.4%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.2%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
5.9%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.4%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.2%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.2%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.6%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.8%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.7%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.4%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.2%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.2%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.1%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
6.8%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.6%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.4%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.1%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.8%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.8%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.9%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.5%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.0%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.9%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.9%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.6%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.6%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.8%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.3%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.6%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.9%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.8%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.7%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.5%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.6%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.2%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
11.4%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
10.8%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
9.8%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.4%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.3%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.0%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.3%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.6%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.5%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.2%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.7%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
11.7%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.5%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.1%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.1%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.6%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
11.5%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
11.6%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
11.3%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.3%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.8%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.5%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
10.9%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
13.8%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.0%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.5%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
12.0%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
12.2%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
13.0%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.9%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
12.8%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
12.0%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
11.7%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
11.2%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.3%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
16.9%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
16.7%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
16.0%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
15.2%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
15.0%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
15.0%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.8%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
14.2%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.3%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.1%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.7%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.4%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
14.4%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
15.3%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
15.6%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
14.9%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.3%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
15.4%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
15.5%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
15.1%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.4%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
14.9%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
14.6%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
15.2%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
6.5%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.5%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.8%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.7%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.4%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.8%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.1%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.4%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.8%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.7%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.8%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
12.5%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
6.4%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.2%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.5%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.7%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.0%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.4%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.5%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.0%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.5%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.4%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.1%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
6.6%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.6%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.1%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
6.2%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.4%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.7%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.9%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
6.7%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
6.0%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.7%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
6.1%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.8%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
7.5%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
7.8%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.0%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.6%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.7%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.0%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.2%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.1%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.7%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.5%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.0%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.3%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
8.6%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.3%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
8.0%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
7.3%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
7.4%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.7%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.3%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
7.0%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
6.5%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
6.8%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
7.0%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
7.0%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
9.5%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.2%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.2%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
8.4%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.5%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
9.5%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
9.1%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
8.6%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
8.1%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.0%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
7.9%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.6%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
12.2%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.7%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.0%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.7%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
10.1%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
10.5%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
10.2%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
9.5%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
8.6%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.7%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
9.1%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.2%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
6.8%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.9%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
7.0%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.8%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.3%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.3%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.1%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.7%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
10.6%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.4%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
11.5%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.4%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
5.1%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
4.6%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.2%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.6%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.2%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.2%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.7%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.9%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.2%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.4%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.6%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.6%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
6.4%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.0%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.1%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.0%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.8%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.7%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.1%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.0%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
4.3%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.4%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.7%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.1%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
4.9%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.5%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
5.1%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.1%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
5.4%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.8%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.2%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.7%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
5.3%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.4%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.3%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.5%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
6.7%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.5%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
7.5%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.2%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.4%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
6.2%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.5%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.2%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.9%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.5%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.2%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.5%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
8.1%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
7.6%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
8.9%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.6%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
7.5%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.9%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
8.9%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
6.2%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
6.0%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
6.1%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.3%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.8%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
4.2%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
4.1%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
4.1%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
4.7%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
5.3%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
5.4%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.3%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
5.4%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
5.6%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
5.7%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
5.1%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.4%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
5.5%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.2%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
4.3%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
4.1%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
3.9%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
4.7%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
4.7%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
4.6%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.5%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.4%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.4%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
3.3%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
7.1%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
6.8%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
6.2%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
5.4%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
5.6%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
5.9%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
5.5%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
4.7%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.1%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
4.3%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.3%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.5%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
8.4%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
9.0%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
7.8%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
6.6%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
6.8%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
7.3%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.2%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
7.3%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
6.8%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
6.5%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
6.8%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
7.1%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
7.3%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.2%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.7%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.4%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
7.8%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
8.1%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.4%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.0%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.4%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.6%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
6.5%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
6.2%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Cleveland County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
4.0%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
4.3%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
3.3%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
3.4%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
3.6%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
4.3%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
4.3%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.2%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.2%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
5.0%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.1%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
6.4%
4.9%
6.3%