Ocracoke, NC Unemployment Rate Report

Ocracoke, NC Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Ocracoke, North Carolina has ranged from 2.1% in October 1997 to 23.8% in February 1993. The current unemployment rate for Ocracoke is 4.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Ocracoke, NC Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Ocracoke, NC Current Unemployment - 4.5%

Ocracoke, NC Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2022	8.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.9%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	8.7%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	5.7%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	5.1%	3.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	4.1%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.4%	3.7%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.5%	3.9%	3.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2021	9.6%	6.0%	6.3%
2 / 2021	10.3%	5.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	8.4%	4.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.5%	4.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.7%	4.5%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	4.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.4%	5.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.4%	4.8%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	4.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.9%	4.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.3%	3.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.0%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2020	14.4%	4.1%	3.6%
2 / 2020	13.3%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	12.5%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.8%	12.5%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.2%	12.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.3%	7.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.5%	9.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.3%	6.8%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.4%	6.9%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.3%	6.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.7%	6.3%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.0%	6.1%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2019	12.7%	4.5%	4.0%
2 / 2019	12.3%	4.2%	3.8%
3 / 2019	11.3%	4.0%	3.8%
4 / 2019	8.1%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	6.5%	3.9%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.1%	4.2%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.0%	4.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	5.7%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.7%	3.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	9.2%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	10.6%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	10.2%	3.3%	3.5%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2018	14.5%	4.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	14.7%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	12.2%	4.0%	4.0%
4 / 2018	8.0%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	7.1%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.4%	4.2%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.8%	4.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	5.6%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	5.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.5%	3.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	6.2%	3.8%	3.7%
12 / 2018	9.1%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2017	15.3%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	15.2%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	11.7%	4.5%	4.4%
4 / 2017	8.2%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.2%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	6.3%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.6%	4.7%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.7%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.2%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	5.0%	4.1%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.8%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2017	10.0%	4.1%	4.1%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2016	15.4%	5.5%	4.9%
2 / 2016	14.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	12.5%	5.1%	5.0%
4 / 2016	8.8%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.5%	4.8%	4.8%
6 / 2016	7.1%	5.2%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.8%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.6%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.3%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.5%	5.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	9.9%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	11.5%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2015	13.5%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2015	14.6%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 2015	12.5%	5.6%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.2%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 2015	8.1%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.1%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.7%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.4%	5.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.4%	5.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.7%	5.4%	5.0%
11 / 2015	8.5%	5.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	11.6%	5.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2014	14.9%	6.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	16.2%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	14.4%	6.7%	6.7%
4 / 2014	9.1%	5.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.3%	6.4%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.6%	6.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.7%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.1%	5.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.0%	5.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	8.1%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	10.8%	5.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2013	19.0%	9.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	18.9%	9.0%	7.7%
3 / 2013	15.6%	8.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	12.2%	7.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.5%	8.1%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.2%	8.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.0%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.5%	7.8%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.7%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.0%	7.2%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.7%	6.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	12.1%	6.5%	6.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2012	20.9%	10.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	20.6%	9.9%	8.3%
3 / 2012	17.3%	9.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.0%	8.7%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.7%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.1%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.5%	9.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.4%	9.5%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.0%	8.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.9%	8.8%	7.8%
11 / 2012	14.1%	8.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	17.7%	9.0%	7.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2011	18.2%	10.9%	9.1%
2 / 2011	18.8%	10.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	16.4%	10.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	12.1%	9.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.6%	10.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.3%	10.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.8%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.8%	10.7%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.8%	10.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.0%	9.9%	8.8%
11 / 2011	14.2%	9.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	18.2%	9.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2010	17.4%	12.0%	9.8%
2 / 2010	17.1%	12.0%	9.8%
3 / 2010	14.8%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.8%	10.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.1%	10.9%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.2%	10.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.8%	10.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.8%	10.0%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.5%	9.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.1%	10.5%	9.8%
12 / 2010	15.7%	10.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2009	14.6%	10.2%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.7%	10.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	13.0%	10.5%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.4%	10.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	7.1%	10.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.1%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.5%	10.8%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.7%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	6.1%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.2%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.9%	10.6%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.3%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2008	11.5%	5.3%	5.0%
2 / 2008	11.9%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2008	9.3%	5.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.1%	4.9%	5.0%
5 / 2008	5.5%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.4%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.2%	6.3%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.1%	6.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.2%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.3%	6.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.0%	7.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.0%	8.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2007	10.2%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	10.0%	4.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.9%	4.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.4%	4.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.5%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.9%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.0%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.7%	4.7%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.6%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.3%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.6%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2007	9.1%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2006	8.8%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.7%	5.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.8%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.8%	4.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.3%	4.7%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.7%	5.0%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.8%	5.2%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.6%	5.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.4%	4.6%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.1%	4.4%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.1%	4.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	8.2%	4.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2005	10.3%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	11.0%	6.0%	5.4%
3 / 2005	9.2%	5.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.6%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.1%	5.2%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.5%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.8%	5.6%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.7%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.7%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.0%	4.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.7%	5.0%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.2%	4.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2004	12.3%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	11.9%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	10.5%	5.9%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.5%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.8%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.1%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.0%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.7%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.1%	4.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.1%	5.3%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.9%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2003	11.8%	6.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	12.3%	6.7%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.5%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.0%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.4%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.3%	7.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.3%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.1%	6.5%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.7%	6.0%	6.1%
10 / 2003	8.7%	5.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	8.7%	6.1%	5.8%
12 / 2003	9.9%	5.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2002	14.1%	7.4%	5.7%
2 / 2002	13.4%	7.1%	5.7%
3 / 2002	12.0%	7.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	7.8%	6.8%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.8%	6.6%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.3%	6.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.4%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.6%	6.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.1%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.0%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.0%	6.5%	5.9%
12 / 2002	9.2%	6.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2001	12.9%	4.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	12.2%	5.0%	4.2%
3 / 2001	11.2%	5.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.4%	4.8%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.4%	5.0%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.5%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.7%	5.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.0%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.8%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.4%	6.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	8.0%	6.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.7%	6.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 2000	11.7%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	11.5%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	9.0%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	5.3%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.1%	3.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	2.9%	3.7%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.9%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.3%	4.0%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.8%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.0%	3.7%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.7%	3.9%	3.9%
12 / 2000	9.5%	3.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1999	14.2%	3.5%	4.3%
2 / 1999	14.6%	3.6%	4.4%
3 / 1999	11.5%	3.0%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.2%	2.8%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.0%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	2.7%	3.2%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.2%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	6.3%	3.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.6%	3.1%	4.1%
11 / 1999	5.3%	3.3%	4.1%
12 / 1999	10.4%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1998	16.4%	4.2%	4.6%
2 / 1998	17.1%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	13.1%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.2%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.8%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.6%	3.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.0%	3.6%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.8%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.6%	3.1%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.2%	3.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.9%	3.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	10.9%	2.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1997	18.1%	4.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	15.5%	4.4%	5.2%
3 / 1997	12.1%	3.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	7.2%	3.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.0%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.6%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.0%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.0%	3.7%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.6%	3.4%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.1%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.0%	3.4%	4.6%
12 / 1997	12.3%	3.4%	4.7%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1996	19.7%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1996	21.4%	4.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	16.4%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.9%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	7.5%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.8%	4.4%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.1%	4.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.7%	3.9%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.9%	3.7%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.1%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.9%	3.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	13.1%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1995	21.5%	4.5%	5.6%
2 / 1995	22.6%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 1995	15.6%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.6%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.1%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.5%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.1%	4.8%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.5%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.9%	4.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.7%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 1995	10.0%	4.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	18.2%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1994	21.7%	5.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	22.2%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	17.2%	4.6%	6.5%
4 / 1994	9.3%	4.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.1%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.6%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.1%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.1%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.3%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.3%	4.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	8.1%	4.0%	5.6%
12 / 1994	15.0%	3.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1993	21.5%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1993	23.8%	6.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	20.1%	5.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.0%	5.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.6%	5.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.9%	5.5%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.6%	5.2%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.4%	4.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	4.4%	4.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.5%	4.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	7.5%	4.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.4%	4.0%	6.5%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1992	19.6%	6.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	21.1%	6.9%	7.4%
3 / 1992	16.0%	6.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.7%	5.6%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.1%	6.0%	7.6%
6 / 1992	7.0%	6.5%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.8%	6.4%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.1%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	4.9%	5.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.6%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	9.1%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	15.4%	5.5%	7.4%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1991	19.1%	6.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	15.7%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.5%	5.9%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.2%	5.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.4%	5.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.8%	6.1%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.0%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.4%	5.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	3.3%	5.3%	6.9%
10 / 1991	3.3%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.2%	5.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.6%	5.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Ocracoke, NC%	North-Carolina%	National %
1 / 1990	14.7%	4.0%	5.4%
2 / 1990	16.8%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	13.4%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.2%	3.6%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.3%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	4.0%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.1%	4.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.0%	3.9%	5.7%
9 / 1990	2.9%	3.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	3.0%	4.4%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.4%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	14.7%	4.9%	6.3%