Oak Ridge Township, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Oak Ridge Township, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Oak-Ridge-Township, North Carolina has ranged from 1.8% in December 1998 to 14.9% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for Oak-Ridge-Township is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Oak Ridge Township, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Oak Ridge Township, NC Current Unemployment - 4.5%

Oak Ridge Township, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	4.4%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.3%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.2%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.0%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.1%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.6%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.3%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.5%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	6.8%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.5%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.3%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.8%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.0%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.4%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.6%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.9%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.4%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.8%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge 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	14.8%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.9%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.3%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.7%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.2%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.3%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.1%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	7.1%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.9%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	4.7%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.3%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.2%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.1%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.5%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.7%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.5%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.7%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.4%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	4.7%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.6%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.0%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.6%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.4%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.7%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.1%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	5.3%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.1%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.4%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.6%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.9%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.1%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.1%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.4%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.3%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.3%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	5.5%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.3%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.2%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.9%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.0%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.6%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.6%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.2%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.0%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.9%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.9%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	6.1%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.9%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.7%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	5.5%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.2%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.3%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.1%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.5%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.6%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.5%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.3%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	7.0%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.0%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.8%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.1%	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	7.1%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.0%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.9%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.9%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.5%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	9.6%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.0%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.4%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.0%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.4%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.0%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.8%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.1%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.4%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.5%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.1%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.8%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	9.9%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.8%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.4%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.4%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.2%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.5%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.9%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.0%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.0%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	8.9%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.1%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	10.9%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.6%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.3%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.0%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.3%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.2%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.1%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.0%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.4%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.2%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.8%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.8%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	12.0%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.9%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.6%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.1%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.3%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.3%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.3%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.9%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.3%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.1%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.8%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.5%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	9.7%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.2%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.2%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.9%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.6%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.1%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.2%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.1%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.7%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.0%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.8%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	11.2%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	5.0%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.0%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.9%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	4.8%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.9%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.2%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.4%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.9%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.9%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.6%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.4%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	4.9%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.6%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.2%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.8%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.5%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.4%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.7%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.7%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	4.5%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.8%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.4%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.5%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.6%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.0%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.2%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.0%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.5%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.3%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	5.3%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.5%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.9%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.1%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.5%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.1%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.9%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.7%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.8%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.3%	4.5%	4.9%

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

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	6.3%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.1%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.9%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.9%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.2%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.9%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.5%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.2%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.8%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.0%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.9%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.3%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.5%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.5%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.3%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.2%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.6%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.6%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.4%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.9%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.9%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.2%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.1%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	4.1%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.3%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.2%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.3%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.9%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.1%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.6%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.5%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.6%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.1%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.9%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	3.1%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.3%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.0%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.6%	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	3.5%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.2%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.5%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.3%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	2.3%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.5%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.1%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.1%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.2%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.6%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.7%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.8%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.5%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.5%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.6%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.3%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	3.2%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.1%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.0%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.3%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.7%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.0%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.8%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.7%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.4%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.3%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.2%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	1.8%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	3.3%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.0%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.8%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.5%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.0%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.1%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.4%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.1%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.0%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.7%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.6%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.5%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	3.7%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	3.4%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	3.2%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.5%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.6%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.5%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.7%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.4%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.1%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.2%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.1%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	2.7%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	3.2%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.2%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.0%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.3%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.2%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.5%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.3%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.6%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.2%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.2%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.1%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.8%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	4.2%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.1%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	3.8%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.3%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.2%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	3.7%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	3.7%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.9%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.4%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.2%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.0%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	2.6%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	5.5%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.5%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.8%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.3%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	4.9%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	4.6%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.2%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	3.8%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	3.7%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	3.4%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.1%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	5.7%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.8%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.4%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	4.9%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.2%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.7%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.6%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.5%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.1%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.8%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.2%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.8%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	4.8%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.9%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.9%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.6%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.4%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.4%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.6%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.7%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.2%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.1%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.2%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.1%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Oak Ridge Township, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	3.3%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.3%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.0%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.1%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.5%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.6%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	4.3%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.6%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	3.4%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.3%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.0%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.0%	4.9%	6.3%