West Jefferson Township, NC Unemployment Rate Report

West Jefferson Township, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Jefferson-Township, North Carolina has ranged from 2.5% in December 2021 to 16.9% in April 1996. The current unemployment rate for West-Jefferson-Township is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Jefferson Township, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

West Jefferson Township, NC Current Unemployment - 3.4%

West Jefferson Township, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	3.2%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.0%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.9%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.2%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.8%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.2%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	5.4%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.0%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.1%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.2%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.5%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.1%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.8%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.1%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.3%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.9%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.5%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	4.2%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.9%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.5%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.7%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.2%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	5.4%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.6%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.0%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.7%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.9%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.8%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	4.8%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.5%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.3%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.7%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.0%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.8%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.0%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.0%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	4.3%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.4%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.8%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.7%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.5%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.1%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.2%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.4%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.7%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.0%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.6%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.9%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.0%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.2%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.1%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.6%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.5%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.8%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	6.0%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.8%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.4%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.4%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.3%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.9%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.4%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.3%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.4%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	7.0%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.1%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.7%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.7%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.3%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.3%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.3%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.9%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.2%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.1%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.1%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.1%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	8.3%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.5%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.9%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.5%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.9%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.0%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.8%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.0%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.7%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.8%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.9%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	12.0%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.4%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	10.4%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.3%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.2%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.7%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.0%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.3%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.8%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.7%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.5%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.4%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	11.9%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	13.0%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.4%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.6%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.9%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.1%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.8%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.7%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.2%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.8%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.2%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.2%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	13.8%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.0%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.1%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.6%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.4%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.8%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.0%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.3%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.9%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.7%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.4%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.5%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	14.7%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	15.7%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.8%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.4%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.3%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.9%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.1%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.8%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.8%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.1%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.8%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.5%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	13.5%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.7%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	13.6%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.6%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	12.3%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	10.8%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.8%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.3%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.2%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.6%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.4%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.2%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	6.7%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.2%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.2%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.0%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.8%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.9%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.0%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.8%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.6%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.8%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	11.0%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	7.0%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.4%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.4%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.8%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.5%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.8%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.1%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.5%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.1%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.1%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.2%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	6.2%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.6%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.7%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.7%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.1%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.9%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.0%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.6%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.6%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.0%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.4%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.6%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	6.3%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.3%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.4%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.0%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.7%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.6%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.8%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.8%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.4%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.6%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	7.2%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.3%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.2%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.7%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.6%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.5%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.3%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.1%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.4%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.3%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.6%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.2%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	9.2%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.4%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.7%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.2%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.2%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.6%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.1%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.5%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.7%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.2%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.5%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	11.8%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	10.9%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.9%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.9%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	8.1%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	8.5%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.8%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.3%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.5%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.7%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.9%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.4%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	7.9%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.4%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	8.2%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.4%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	6.9%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	8.7%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.7%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.2%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.0%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.9%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.7%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.8%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	6.2%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.0%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.4%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.9%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.1%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.9%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.4%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.0%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.5%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	4.0%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.0%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.9%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	8.9%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.2%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.6%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.9%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.0%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.1%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	7.3%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	6.8%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.7%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.8%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.0%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.0%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	10.3%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	11.2%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.9%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.5%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	5.4%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.5%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	7.1%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	6.3%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	5.9%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.2%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.8%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.2%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	16.4%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	14.0%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	11.9%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	9.2%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.8%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	10.3%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.6%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	8.6%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	8.2%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	6.8%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.0%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.9%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	12.9%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.0%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.6%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	16.9%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.4%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	7.7%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	8.5%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	10.0%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	10.6%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	10.1%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	11.5%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	11.4%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	7.4%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.5%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.2%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	5.6%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	5.9%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	7.7%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	14.8%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	8.4%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.8%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	7.1%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.1%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.3%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	9.2%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.0%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	6.7%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.9%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.3%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.4%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.8%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.2%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.4%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.7%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.5%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	10.2%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.8%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	9.0%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.5%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.8%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.3%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.6%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.7%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.7%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.6%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.5%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.9%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	11.5%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.1%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.7%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.5%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.6%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.5%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.6%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.6%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.4%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.4%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.8%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.8%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	10.6%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.1%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.4%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.5%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.8%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.6%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.3%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.0%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.1%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.8%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.7%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.1%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Jefferson Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	7.8%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.4%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	4.4%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.2%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.5%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.3%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.2%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.1%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	14.7%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.0%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.5%	4.9%	6.3%