Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Lower-Fishing-Creek-Township, North Carolina has ranged from 4.0% in October 1990 to 17.1% in February 2010. The current unemployment rate for Lower-Fishing-Creek-Township is 7.9% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

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Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC Current Unemployment - 7.9%

Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	7.7%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.0%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	7.9%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	7.4%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	7.2%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	8.0%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	7.4%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	7.9%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	9.8%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.1%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.5%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.7%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	8.9%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	9.3%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.8%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.5%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	8.1%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	8.3%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	7.3%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.5%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	5.8%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.3%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.2%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.2%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.4%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.1%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.3%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.7%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	11.2%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	9.7%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.8%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	9.5%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	6.9%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.2%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.9%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.7%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.9%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.4%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.6%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.3%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.3%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.3%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	7.9%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	7.8%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.0%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	7.0%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.1%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.3%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.3%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	7.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.1%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.2%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.1%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.0%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	8.8%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.5%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.3%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.7%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.7%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.8%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	7.7%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	7.8%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	7.0%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	6.9%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	7.3%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.0%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	9.1%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	9.0%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.4%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	8.5%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.0%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.6%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.9%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	8.7%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	8.6%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	10.0%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	8.0%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	8.1%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	10.3%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	10.1%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	9.2%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	9.4%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.2%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.3%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	10.2%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	9.6%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	8.9%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.6%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.9%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.6%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	11.4%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	11.2%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.6%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.9%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.3%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.7%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	11.0%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	10.7%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	9.3%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	9.5%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.5%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	9.1%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	15.4%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	14.4%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	13.4%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	13.0%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	13.1%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	13.8%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.7%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.5%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.7%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	11.9%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.5%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	10.9%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	15.1%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.7%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	14.0%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.3%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	13.9%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	14.9%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	15.1%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	14.8%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	13.7%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.0%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	13.6%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	14.3%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	15.8%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	15.4%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	15.0%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	15.0%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.4%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.3%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.9%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	16.0%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	15.5%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	15.4%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	14.9%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	14.8%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	16.9%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	17.1%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	16.5%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	16.2%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	16.2%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	16.2%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	16.0%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	15.3%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	14.2%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.5%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	15.1%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	14.9%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	15.2%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	15.8%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.5%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	14.7%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.0%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.1%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	15.9%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	16.1%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	16.2%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.7%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	16.2%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	16.6%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	8.5%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.4%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.5%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	8.5%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.3%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.8%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.1%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.6%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.0%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.4%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	13.1%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	13.7%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	8.4%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.7%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.0%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.2%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	7.0%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	7.7%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.8%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	7.4%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.0%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	7.2%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	7.5%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.9%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	8.2%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.3%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.9%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	8.1%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	8.4%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	8.5%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.4%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.4%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	7.5%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	7.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	7.8%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.6%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	9.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.2%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.9%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	8.3%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	8.5%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	8.7%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.9%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.1%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	8.1%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.6%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	7.8%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.5%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	9.4%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.1%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.6%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.2%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	8.1%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	8.6%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	8.6%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	8.8%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	8.0%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	8.3%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	8.4%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.4%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	11.1%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	11.3%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	10.3%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	10.2%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	9.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	10.4%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.7%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	9.4%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	8.7%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.7%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	9.4%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.4%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	11.4%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	12.1%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	11.3%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	11.6%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	11.3%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	11.6%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	11.0%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	10.2%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	9.5%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	10.2%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	10.3%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.3%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	7.0%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.2%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.5%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.2%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.3%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.8%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.5%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.8%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.8%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.6%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	11.2%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.1%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	6.4%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.1%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.7%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.3%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.8%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.6%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.9%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.5%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	5.0%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.6%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	6.0%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	6.1%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	9.4%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.7%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.0%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	7.8%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.4%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.2%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.8%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	9.8%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	9.1%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	9.4%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.9%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	11.1%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.8%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	11.1%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	9.0%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.8%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	10.0%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.0%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	8.3%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	7.4%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.7%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.3%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.1%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	14.8%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	13.0%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.4%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	10.5%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	11.0%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	11.8%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.3%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.9%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.8%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.6%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	10.4%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	12.5%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	10.6%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.7%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	11.3%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	10.8%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	12.7%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	13.8%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	14.2%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.9%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.7%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.5%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.7%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.8%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	8.1%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.6%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.1%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.7%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	7.5%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.3%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	8.0%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.3%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	7.3%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.7%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	9.7%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.5%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	8.3%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.7%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	7.0%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.6%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.7%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.9%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.8%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	7.6%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.6%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	7.3%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.5%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.0%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	8.5%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.0%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.4%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.9%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.0%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.9%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.1%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.3%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.0%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.8%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	9.2%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.3%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	8.6%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.7%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.8%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.5%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.0%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.5%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.2%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.1%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.8%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.0%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	8.8%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.7%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.3%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.7%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.4%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.9%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.6%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.7%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.3%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.7%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.9%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.7%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fishing Creek Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	5.2%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.3%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.7%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.1%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.5%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.1%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.2%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.5%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.1%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.0%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.8%	4.9%	6.3%