Moderate Unemployment Area
Mecklenburg County, NC Current Unemployment - 3.8%
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
Mecklenburg County, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
3.9%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.7%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.7%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.4%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.5%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.9%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.5%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.8%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
6.1%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.7%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
4.7%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.2%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.3%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.5%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.1%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
4.8%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.2%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.3%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.8%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.3%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
3.7%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.4%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.0%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.8%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
13.6%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.5%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
9.7%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.6%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.7%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.6%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.5%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.1%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
4.2%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.9%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.7%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.4%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.6%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
3.9%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.0%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
3.8%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.3%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.1%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
4.2%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.2%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
3.9%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.6%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.6%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.1%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.0%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.9%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.4%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.5%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.6%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.6%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
4.8%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
4.8%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.3%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.1%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.2%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.3%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
4.4%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
4.5%
4.7%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.0%
4.1%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.1%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
3.8%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
4.9%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
4.9%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
4.7%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.5%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.5%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
4.9%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.0%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.8%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.6%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.6%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.5%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
5.6%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
5.5%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.2%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
5.1%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.6%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.7%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
5.8%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
5.5%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.1%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
5.0%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
5.0%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.7%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
6.4%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
6.5%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
6.2%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
5.6%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
6.1%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
6.3%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
6.6%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.4%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.6%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.5%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.4%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
5.0%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
8.8%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.3%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
7.7%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.4%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
7.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.1%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
7.9%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
7.5%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
6.9%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
6.9%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.6%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.2%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
9.3%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.2%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
8.7%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.2%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
8.6%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.2%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
9.4%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.0%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.3%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
8.3%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.2%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.4%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
10.4%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
10.2%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
9.8%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
9.6%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
9.9%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.6%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.5%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.4%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
9.8%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.5%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
9.2%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.1%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
11.5%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
11.5%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.1%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
10.6%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
10.7%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
10.8%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.9%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.6%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.0%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
9.9%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.4%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
10.1%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
9.5%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.0%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.0%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.7%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.4%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.0%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
11.2%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.1%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.8%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.1%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
10.9%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.2%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
5.1%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.0%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.0%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
4.7%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.4%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
5.8%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.1%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.4%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
5.9%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.0%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
7.7%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
8.3%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
4.7%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
4.5%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
4.2%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
4.2%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
4.2%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.7%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
4.9%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
4.7%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
4.5%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
4.5%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
4.5%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
4.7%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
4.4%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
4.6%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
4.3%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
4.1%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
4.4%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
4.7%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.0%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.9%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.5%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.2%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
4.4%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
4.1%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, 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
4.8%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.0%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.2%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.2%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
5.0%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.9%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.7%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.6%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
4.1%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
5.5%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
5.3%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
5.3%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
4.9%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.0%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.4%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.3%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.0%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.6%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.7%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
4.9%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.8%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
5.9%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.9%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.6%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.6%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.9%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.5%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.1%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.0%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
5.5%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.5%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.5%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
5.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
5.7%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.8%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.8%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.9%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
5.9%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.3%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.1%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.0%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.4%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.5%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.8%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.7%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
3.5%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
3.6%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
3.6%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
3.6%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
3.8%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
4.4%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
4.4%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
4.9%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
4.6%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
4.9%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
5.3%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
5.3%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
2.8%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
2.9%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
2.7%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
2.3%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
2.9%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
3.1%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
3.2%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
3.2%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
2.9%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
2.8%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
3.0%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
2.9%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
2.0%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
2.0%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
1.7%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
1.7%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
1.8%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
2.1%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
2.4%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
2.3%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
2.1%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
2.1%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
2.2%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
2.5%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
2.5%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
2.6%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
1.9%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
2.4%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
2.6%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
2.5%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
2.4%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
2.2%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
2.1%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
2.0%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
1.6%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
3.0%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
2.9%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
2.8%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
2.5%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
2.9%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
3.2%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
2.9%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
2.9%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
2.7%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
2.4%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
2.3%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
2.1%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
3.1%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
3.0%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
2.9%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
2.7%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
3.1%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
3.2%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
3.4%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
3.1%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
2.8%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
2.8%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
2.8%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
2.4%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
3.1%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
3.1%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
2.9%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
3.0%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
3.0%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
3.2%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
3.1%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
3.3%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
3.1%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
3.1%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
2.8%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
2.6%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
3.7%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
3.7%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
3.6%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
3.2%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
3.3%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
3.7%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
3.9%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
3.8%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
3.5%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
3.5%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
3.2%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
2.6%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
5.2%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
5.2%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
4.6%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
4.4%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
4.7%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
5.0%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
4.8%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
4.5%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
3.9%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
3.9%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
3.5%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
3.1%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
5.2%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
5.4%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
5.0%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
4.7%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
5.1%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
5.7%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
5.3%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
5.2%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
5.0%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
4.7%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
5.0%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
4.7%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
3.9%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
3.9%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
3.8%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
3.7%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
4.8%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
5.2%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
4.8%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
5.0%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
4.7%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
4.8%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
4.9%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
4.7%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Mecklenburg County, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
2.4%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
2.4%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
2.2%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
2.2%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
2.6%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
2.8%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
2.7%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
2.9%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
2.8%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
2.9%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
3.3%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
3.1%
4.9%
6.3%