High Unemployment Area
Forest City, NC Current Unemployment - 5.4%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
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2002
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1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Forest City, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
5.3%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.1%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.9%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.7%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.0%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.6%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.2%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.4%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
7.9%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
7.4%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.1%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
6.5%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.8%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
7.3%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.9%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
6.6%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.6%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.7%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.2%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.6%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
5.5%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.9%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.7%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.1%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
14.8%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
12.8%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
10.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
8.0%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.3%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.3%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.4%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.5%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
5.7%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.3%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.1%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.4%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.7%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.2%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.4%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
5.3%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.4%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.5%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.4%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.4%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
6.1%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.8%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.3%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.8%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.5%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.4%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.2%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.7%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.7%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
7.0%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.5%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.8%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.7%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.9%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
6.1%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
6.5%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
6.5%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.5%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.4%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.7%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
5.4%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
7.4%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.6%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.9%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.4%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
6.2%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.9%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
7.2%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.8%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
6.4%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
6.1%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.2%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.0%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
8.2%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
8.1%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.7%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.5%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
8.2%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
8.3%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
8.5%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.0%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
7.2%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.1%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.2%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.8%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
9.4%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.7%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
9.0%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.8%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.4%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.0%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
9.4%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
9.1%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.8%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.6%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
7.5%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.5%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
13.9%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.2%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
11.8%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.0%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
11.1%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.9%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
11.6%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
10.7%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
9.8%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
9.7%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
9.4%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.1%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
13.9%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.8%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.1%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
12.3%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.0%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.6%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
14.0%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.5%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
12.3%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
12.5%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.7%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.1%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
16.0%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
15.3%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.4%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.9%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.0%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
15.0%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
15.3%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
15.0%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
14.3%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
14.0%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
13.5%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
14.0%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
19.4%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
19.0%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
18.2%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
17.0%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
16.7%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
16.4%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
16.5%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
16.3%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
15.0%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
14.9%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
15.7%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
15.4%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
15.9%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
16.2%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
16.2%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
16.7%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
16.0%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
16.3%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
16.3%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
16.4%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
15.5%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
16.6%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
16.2%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
17.2%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
6.5%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.3%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.1%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.3%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.0%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.7%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.5%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.2%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.8%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.4%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
10.6%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
13.0%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
7.9%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.3%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
6.4%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
6.3%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.5%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
6.6%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
6.7%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.4%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.8%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.7%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.5%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.9%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
8.5%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.6%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
7.8%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.8%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.1%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.2%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
8.1%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
7.9%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
7.1%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
6.9%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.0%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.0%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
9.6%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.6%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
9.0%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
8.3%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.2%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.5%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.6%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
8.4%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.6%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.3%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.7%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.7%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
10.2%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.5%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
10.1%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
8.7%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
8.8%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
8.9%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
8.9%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.5%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.0%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
8.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.5%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.5%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
8.2%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.0%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.1%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.2%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
8.0%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.7%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
8.3%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
9.2%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.1%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
10.2%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
8.8%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.1%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
10.5%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.2%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
10.2%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.5%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.7%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.8%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.1%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.7%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.7%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
8.0%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.4%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.5%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
5.9%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.5%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.0%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.0%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.0%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.9%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.8%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.3%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.0%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
8.9%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.1%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.0%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
6.4%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.0%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
5.9%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.7%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
5.9%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.8%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.0%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
6.4%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.3%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
5.2%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.4%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.1%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
5.1%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.1%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
5.3%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
5.0%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
6.2%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
7.0%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.3%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
8.7%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.7%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.5%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
9.0%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.8%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
5.1%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
5.6%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.4%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.9%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.4%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.9%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
5.1%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
4.7%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.4%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.2%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.6%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.9%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
5.6%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
10.8%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.7%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
4.8%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.1%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
5.4%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.7%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
5.4%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.6%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.3%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.7%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
4.6%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
7.5%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.9%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.9%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
7.5%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
6.4%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.3%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
6.0%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
7.3%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
5.4%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
5.8%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.2%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.9%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
4.4%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
4.8%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
3.8%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
3.9%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.8%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
5.2%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
9.4%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.9%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
6.4%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
6.2%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.4%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.3%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
5.2%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
5.5%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
5.0%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
4.5%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
4.1%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
4.6%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
5.2%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
4.5%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
4.1%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
4.0%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
3.7%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
3.3%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
7.3%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
6.7%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
5.7%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
6.1%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
5.6%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
6.3%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
6.3%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
5.4%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
4.5%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
4.8%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
4.7%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
4.5%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
7.2%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
7.2%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
6.7%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
6.0%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
6.2%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
6.6%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
5.9%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
5.5%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.3%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
6.3%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
6.5%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
6.2%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
8.7%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.2%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.5%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
6.4%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
7.0%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
6.8%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
9.4%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
8.7%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.1%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.7%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
6.5%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
6.3%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Forest City, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
6.0%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.0%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
3.2%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
5.0%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
4.0%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
3.7%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
4.6%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
3.5%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
3.5%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
8.8%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.1%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.1%
4.9%
6.3%