Lower Fork Township, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Lower Fork Township, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Lower-Fork-Township, North Carolina has ranged from 2.0% in September 1999 to 15.5% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Lower-Fork-Township is 3.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Lower Fork Township, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Lower Fork Township, NC Current Unemployment - 3.6%

Lower Fork Township, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	3.4%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.3%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.2%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.0%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.3%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.9%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.6%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	5.7%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.3%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.4%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	4.7%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.9%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.3%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	4.7%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.5%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.9%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.9%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.9%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	3.9%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.5%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.1%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	15.5%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.5%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	7.1%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.2%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.3%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.5%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.7%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.7%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.8%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	4.1%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.9%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.8%	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	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.3%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	4.0%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.9%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.7%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	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	3.2%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.5%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	4.9%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.7%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.0%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.4%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.8%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.8%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.0%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.8%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	5.3%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.1%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.0%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.1%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.1%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.8%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.7%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.7%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.5%	4.8%	4.7%

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

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	6.7%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.7%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.5%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.3%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.4%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.7%	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	5.6%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.3%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	10.0%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.5%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.7%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.2%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.4%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.9%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.6%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.1%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.5%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.4%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.0%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.6%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	10.8%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.6%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.9%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.3%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.7%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.1%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.2%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.8%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.2%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.3%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.3%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.6%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	12.3%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.9%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.4%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.2%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.4%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.9%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.9%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.9%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.2%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.9%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.7%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	10.6%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	14.8%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.8%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.0%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.2%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.0%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.7%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.6%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.4%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.6%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.6%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.2%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.9%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	13.7%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	15.0%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	14.7%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	13.9%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	14.0%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	14.2%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	14.4%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.0%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	13.8%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.8%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.9%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	14.1%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	7.3%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.2%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.1%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.7%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.2%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.4%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.8%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.3%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.6%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.6%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.8%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	11.9%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	6.2%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.5%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.6%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.8%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.1%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.7%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.1%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.6%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.7%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.8%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.3%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	5.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.9%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.3%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.1%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.7%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.9%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.4%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.3%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.8%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.9%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.4%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	6.4%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.9%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.6%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.2%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.4%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.6%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.2%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.3%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.9%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.0%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.0%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	7.3%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.9%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.4%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.8%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.0%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.8%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.4%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.2%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.4%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.3%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.0%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	7.8%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.5%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.4%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.5%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.9%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.6%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.4%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.1%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.7%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	7.6%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.5%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.7%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	8.9%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.8%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.2%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.9%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	7.8%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.9%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.7%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.4%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	6.7%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.1%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.7%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.7%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	5.1%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.7%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	5.5%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.4%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.6%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.6%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.4%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.2%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.0%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.4%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.0%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.1%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	2.9%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	2.9%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.6%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.1%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.2%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.8%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.6%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.5%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.8%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.2%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	3.1%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.4%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.5%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.8%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.2%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.0%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.0%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.1%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.0%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	4.9%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.0%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.2%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.9%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.6%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.0%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.2%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.0%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.2%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.3%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.0%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.3%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	3.7%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.2%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	2.8%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.6%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	2.8%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.3%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.4%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.2%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.0%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.7%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	5.4%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.6%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	5.1%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.2%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.6%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.4%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.2%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.8%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.0%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.2%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.5%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.9%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.3%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	2.7%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.4%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.0%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	2.5%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.5%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.7%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	7.6%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.5%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.2%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	5.8%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.7%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.4%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	4.8%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.3%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.6%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.9%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.5%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.8%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.4%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.5%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.2%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	2.8%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	2.7%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.4%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	4.8%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	4.9%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.6%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.3%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.0%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.9%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.1%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.5%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.2%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.2%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.5%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	5.5%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.2%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.1%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.9%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.5%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.5%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.5%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.0%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.4%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.1%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.8%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.5%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	5.8%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.3%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	5.3%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.9%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.6%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.7%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	11.7%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.4%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.0%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.0%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.6%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	4.7%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Lower Fork Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	3.0%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.1%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.8%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.9%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.3%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.3%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.7%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.9%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.2%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	8.3%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.7%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.6%	4.9%	6.3%