Moderate Unemployment Area
Yancey County, NC Current Unemployment - 3.5%
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
1993
1992
1991
1990
Yancey County, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
3.5%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.5%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.3%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.2%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.5%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.9%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.3%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.5%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
5.5%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.0%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.2%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
3.7%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
3.8%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
4.4%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
4.7%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.4%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
3.6%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
3.6%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.2%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
2.7%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
4.4%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.0%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.5%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.7%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
11.3%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.0%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
5.5%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
5.7%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.2%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.2%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.3%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
4.4%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.2%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.9%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.7%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.1%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.2%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.0%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.2%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.4%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
4.0%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.1%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.7%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.2%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.1%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
3.9%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
3.9%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.8%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.3%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.3%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.4%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.8%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
5.7%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.3%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.8%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.2%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.4%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.7%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.7%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.6%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
3.9%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.0%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
5.9%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.7%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.2%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.6%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.6%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.2%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.5%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.3%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.0%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.8%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.9%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.0%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
6.7%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.6%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.9%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.5%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.0%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.4%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.3%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.8%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.2%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.1%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.5%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.5%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
8.1%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
8.0%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.3%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.3%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.7%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.0%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.3%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.8%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.9%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.6%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.8%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.8%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
12.7%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
12.1%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.7%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
9.7%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.3%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
10.4%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.6%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.5%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.7%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.7%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.7%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.5%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
12.0%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
11.8%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
10.6%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.2%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.9%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.9%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.8%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.2%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.2%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.4%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.2%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.4%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
14.6%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.8%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.2%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.6%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.5%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.4%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
11.5%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.9%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.6%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.5%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.3%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.0%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
14.0%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.5%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.1%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.6%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.9%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.2%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.3%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.6%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.0%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.3%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.4%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.1%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
13.0%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.7%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
12.9%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
11.6%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
11.4%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.5%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
11.9%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.2%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.8%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.2%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.6%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.3%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
7.3%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
7.3%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.5%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
6.7%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.9%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.8%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.4%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.8%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.0%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.2%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.9%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
6.9%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
7.5%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.8%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.6%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.3%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.6%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.6%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.2%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.8%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.9%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.6%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
6.5%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
6.4%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.8%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.8%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.3%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.3%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.5%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.1%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.9%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.1%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.4%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.9%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
7.6%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.5%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.9%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.8%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
6.7%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.2%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.8%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.3%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
6.6%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.2%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.4%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.1%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
7.4%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.4%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
6.8%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.3%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.5%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
6.9%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.7%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.7%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.4%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.3%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.9%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
8.6%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.0%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.5%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
6.9%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
6.8%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.3%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.8%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.8%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.1%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.7%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.2%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
12.3%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.4%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.6%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.7%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.6%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
8.5%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.6%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
7.6%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.3%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
6.5%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.0%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.3%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
12.2%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
10.8%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
10.2%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
9.9%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.5%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
11.4%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.0%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.6%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
8.6%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
8.0%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
8.6%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.4%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
4.2%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
4.6%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
3.8%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.2%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.2%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.3%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.5%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.4%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.0%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.1%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.1%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.1%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
6.6%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
6.7%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
11.6%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
4.6%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.4%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.1%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
4.6%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
3.9%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.2%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.9%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.5%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.0%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
9.9%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.2%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.6%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.5%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.9%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
5.2%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
4.9%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
5.1%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.2%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
4.4%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
5.3%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
4.7%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
7.9%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.6%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.3%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.0%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
3.8%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.3%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.3%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
4.3%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
3.2%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.1%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
4.5%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.3%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
12.9%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
10.1%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
6.3%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
6.2%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.1%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
4.5%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
5.6%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
4.6%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
3.6%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
3.8%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.0%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.1%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
8.7%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.0%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
6.0%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.6%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
4.8%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
4.8%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.0%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
5.1%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
5.0%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.2%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
4.8%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.0%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
10.3%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
10.0%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.6%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.6%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
7.2%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.6%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
8.4%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
7.2%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.2%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.9%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
5.6%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
5.6%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
10.2%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.5%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.4%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
7.9%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
7.3%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.4%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.1%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.2%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.8%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.5%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
7.0%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.8%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
11.4%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
12.5%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.1%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.3%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
7.7%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
8.9%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
8.7%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.1%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.7%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.1%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
9.3%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
10.1%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
9.2%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.2%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.2%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
14.8%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
7.5%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.9%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.7%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
7.6%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.5%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.1%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.3%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.4%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Yancey County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
15.0%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
5.9%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
6.4%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
11.9%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
3.6%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
3.4%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
14.5%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
5.8%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.9%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.3%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.8%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.1%
4.9%
6.3%