Graham County, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Graham County, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Graham County, North Carolina has ranged from 4.5% in September 2019 to 27.5% in February 1995. The current unemployment rate for Graham County is 5.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Graham County, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Graham County, NC Current Unemployment - 5.3%

Graham County, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	7.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.9%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	6.3%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.4%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.3%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.7%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.1%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.3%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	9.2%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.9%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.8%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.8%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.2%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.6%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.4%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.7%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.7%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.6%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.8%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	7.6%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.4%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	6.3%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.1%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.9%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.8%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.2%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.2%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.5%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.9%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.2%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.8%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	6.7%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.7%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.8%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.9%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.4%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.5%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.6%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.2%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.5%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.5%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.8%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.4%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	8.0%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	8.4%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.9%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.8%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	5.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.8%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.5%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.3%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.6%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.8%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.9%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	9.8%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	9.5%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.0%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	6.1%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.9%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.8%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.9%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	6.2%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.8%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.7%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.6%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.3%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	13.1%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	11.8%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	10.0%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	8.9%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	8.3%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.5%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	8.1%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	7.8%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	7.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	7.1%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	7.5%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.8%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	15.5%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	15.4%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	13.9%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	12.9%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	11.8%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	11.6%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	10.8%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	10.2%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	9.6%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	9.5%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	10.9%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	11.3%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	15.0%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	15.3%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	13.3%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	11.2%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	10.5%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	10.7%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	12.6%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	14.8%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	14.0%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	13.4%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	14.3%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	14.7%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	20.4%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	20.5%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	17.8%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	16.0%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	15.0%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	15.3%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	13.9%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	12.5%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	11.8%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	12.3%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	13.0%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	13.4%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	21.2%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	22.2%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	20.2%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	17.9%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	16.7%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	16.3%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	16.0%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	15.3%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	15.0%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	16.0%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	16.6%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	18.8%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	23.5%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	20.4%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	19.6%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	17.2%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	16.8%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	17.0%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	16.8%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	16.4%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	16.0%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	16.0%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	17.4%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	19.9%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	21.7%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	21.6%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	19.7%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	16.1%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	15.5%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	14.5%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	14.8%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	14.5%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	14.5%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.8%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	24.9%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	19.5%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	20.2%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	21.0%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	19.0%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	16.6%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.9%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	16.1%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	15.5%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.8%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	14.7%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.3%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	16.6%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	19.0%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	10.2%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	10.1%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	10.5%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	9.7%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.4%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	9.7%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	10.0%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.7%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	8.9%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.0%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	13.5%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	16.5%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	7.4%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	8.5%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.5%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.9%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.6%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.9%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.6%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.6%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.6%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.6%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.4%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	7.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.1%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.7%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.0%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.7%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.0%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.0%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.9%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.6%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.4%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.3%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.1%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	9.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	10.1%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.6%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.6%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.3%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.1%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.9%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.5%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.3%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.1%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.2%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	10.5%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.2%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	10.0%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	7.5%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.9%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.0%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.1%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.9%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.5%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	7.1%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	9.4%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	10.6%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.3%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.8%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.3%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.5%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.7%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.7%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.8%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.2%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.7%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.6%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.6%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	13.3%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	14.1%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	13.3%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	11.3%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.9%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.5%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	8.2%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	8.3%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.7%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.7%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	8.9%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.4%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	10.7%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	12.5%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	11.3%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	10.3%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	7.8%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.0%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.2%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	6.6%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.8%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.4%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.7%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	9.4%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	9.8%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	9.2%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.9%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.7%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	5.1%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.1%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.2%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.6%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.6%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.2%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	7.1%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	8.3%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	12.2%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	12.5%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.1%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.1%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.7%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.3%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.7%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.7%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.9%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	7.2%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.5%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	9.1%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	15.9%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	14.3%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	13.6%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	9.4%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.8%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	7.4%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.3%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.0%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	6.3%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.4%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.7%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.9%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	17.1%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	16.4%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	13.6%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	9.9%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	8.8%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.6%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	7.6%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.6%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.2%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.2%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	11.0%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	12.3%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	22.8%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	19.4%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	15.9%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	11.6%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.8%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	9.7%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	9.0%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	8.5%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.5%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	8.8%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.9%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.9%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	18.5%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	27.5%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	15.1%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	13.6%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	13.4%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	12.6%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.4%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.9%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	8.4%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.4%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	13.1%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	13.8%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	20.3%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	19.7%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	16.7%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	13.7%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	11.5%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	12.9%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	12.2%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.5%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	9.8%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	10.5%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	11.4%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	13.1%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	20.9%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	20.7%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	18.0%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	15.1%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	13.2%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	12.5%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	11.7%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	13.9%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	8.9%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	9.4%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	10.8%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	12.9%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	25.5%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	24.7%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	21.1%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	17.3%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	15.6%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	17.4%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	14.1%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	13.7%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.9%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	13.5%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	15.4%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	19.1%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	26.8%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	22.1%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	20.0%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	16.7%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	16.0%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	16.3%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	26.4%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	15.4%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	14.0%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	18.1%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	19.2%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	20.4%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Graham County, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	18.9%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	19.4%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	16.0%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	13.6%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	12.0%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.1%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	13.1%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	12.0%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	11.8%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	14.8%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	16.6%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	20.7%	4.9%	6.3%