Moderate Unemployment Area
Spruce Pine, NC Current Unemployment - 4.2%
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
Spruce Pine, NC Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2022
4.4%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.3%
3.7%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.0%
3.6%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.8%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.1%
3.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.6%
4.1%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.9%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.2%
3.9%
3.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2021
6.9%
6.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.3%
5.6%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.3%
4.6%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.2%
4.4%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.3%
4.5%
5.8%
6 / 2021
5.8%
4.9%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.4%
5.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.1%
4.8%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.4%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.4%
4.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.0%
3.7%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.6%
3.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2020
5.4%
4.1%
3.6%
2 / 2020
5.0%
3.7%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.3%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
12.7%
12.5%
14.7%
5 / 2020
12.1%
12.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
7.8%
7.7%
11.1%
7 / 2020
8.6%
9.2%
10.2%
8 / 2020
6.4%
6.8%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.7%
6.9%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.4%
6.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.2%
6.3%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.5%
6.1%
6.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2019
5.8%
4.5%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.2%
4.2%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.9%
4.0%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.3%
3.5%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.6%
3.9%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.0%
4.2%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.1%
4.3%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.9%
4.1%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.8%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.1%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.9%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.0%
3.3%
3.5%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2018
5.4%
4.4%
4.1%
2 / 2018
5.4%
4.4%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.8%
4.0%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.4%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.2%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.7%
4.2%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.7%
4.2%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.5%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.7%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.9%
3.7%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.0%
3.8%
3.7%
12 / 2018
4.6%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2017
6.7%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2017
6.3%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
5.5%
4.5%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.0%
4.1%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.0%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.0%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.3%
4.7%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.2%
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
4.6%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2016
7.0%
5.5%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.0%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.4%
5.1%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.7%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.7%
4.8%
4.8%
6 / 2016
6.1%
5.2%
4.9%
7 / 2016
6.2%
5.3%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.0%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.9%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.7%
5.1%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.8%
4.9%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.9%
4.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2015
8.0%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2015
7.9%
5.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
7.1%
5.6%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.5%
5.4%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.9%
6.0%
5.6%
6 / 2015
7.1%
6.1%
5.3%
7 / 2015
7.1%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.6%
5.9%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.1%
5.3%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.0%
5.4%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.1%
5.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.2%
5.2%
5.0%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2014
9.6%
6.9%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.5%
6.9%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.5%
6.7%
6.7%
4 / 2014
7.1%
5.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.4%
6.4%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.8%
6.5%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.0%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.7%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
6.7%
5.8%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.3%
5.7%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.6%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
7.0%
5.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2013
14.9%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
14.4%
9.0%
7.7%
3 / 2013
13.1%
8.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
11.4%
7.8%
7.6%
5 / 2013
10.6%
8.1%
7.5%
6 / 2013
11.5%
8.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
10.5%
8.3%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.6%
7.8%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.7%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.6%
7.2%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.9%
6.9%
6.9%
12 / 2013
8.9%
6.5%
6.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2012
13.3%
10.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
13.1%
9.9%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.8%
9.3%
8.2%
4 / 2012
11.5%
8.7%
8.2%
5 / 2012
11.4%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
12.3%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
12.6%
9.8%
8.2%
8 / 2012
12.4%
9.5%
8.1%
9 / 2012
11.0%
8.6%
7.8%
10 / 2012
11.1%
8.8%
7.8%
11 / 2012
12.1%
8.7%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.3%
9.0%
7.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2011
14.4%
10.9%
9.1%
2 / 2011
13.0%
10.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
12.3%
10.2%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.5%
9.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.4%
10.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.9%
10.8%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.0%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.6%
10.7%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.0%
10.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.6%
9.9%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.8%
9.6%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.9%
9.7%
8.5%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2010
15.7%
12.0%
9.8%
2 / 2010
15.5%
12.0%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.9%
11.5%
9.9%
4 / 2010
12.1%
10.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.5%
10.9%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.4%
10.9%
9.4%
7 / 2010
11.6%
10.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
11.3%
10.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.4%
10.0%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.4%
9.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.6%
10.5%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.0%
10.3%
9.3%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2009
13.4%
10.2%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.8%
10.7%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.3%
10.5%
8.7%
4 / 2009
12.5%
10.1%
9.0%
5 / 2009
12.1%
10.6%
9.4%
6 / 2009
12.0%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.4%
10.8%
9.5%
8 / 2009
11.1%
10.6%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.9%
10.4%
9.8%
10 / 2009
11.5%
10.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.7%
10.6%
9.9%
12 / 2009
13.0%
11.0%
9.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2008
8.3%
5.3%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.1%
5.3%
4.9%
3 / 2008
7.6%
5.2%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.1%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2008
7.3%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
7.6%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2008
8.2%
6.3%
5.8%
8 / 2008
7.7%
6.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
7.1%
5.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
7.0%
6.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.6%
7.9%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.5%
8.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2007
9.4%
5.1%
4.6%
2 / 2007
9.0%
4.9%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.3%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.5%
4.5%
4.5%
5 / 2007
6.7%
4.6%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.1%
4.9%
4.6%
7 / 2007
7.4%
5.1%
4.7%
8 / 2007
6.7%
4.7%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.8%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.3%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.8%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.3%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2006
7.4%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2006
7.7%
5.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
6.5%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.9%
4.5%
4.7%
5 / 2006
5.7%
4.7%
4.6%
6 / 2006
6.3%
5.0%
4.6%
7 / 2006
6.4%
5.2%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.8%
5.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.2%
4.6%
4.5%
10 / 2006
4.9%
4.4%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.3%
4.7%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.5%
4.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2005
7.7%
5.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.1%
6.0%
5.4%
3 / 2005
7.9%
5.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
6.9%
5.1%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.2%
5.2%
5.1%
6 / 2005
7.5%
5.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
7.7%
5.6%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.4%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.0%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
6.3%
4.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
6.7%
5.0%
5.0%
12 / 2005
6.8%
4.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2004
8.4%
6.3%
5.7%
2 / 2004
8.3%
6.0%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.5%
5.9%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.9%
5.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
6.6%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2004
7.2%
5.9%
5.6%
7 / 2004
7.3%
5.6%
5.5%
8 / 2004
6.2%
5.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.4%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.3%
4.9%
5.5%
11 / 2004
6.2%
5.3%
5.4%
12 / 2004
6.6%
5.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2003
10.0%
6.9%
5.8%
2 / 2003
9.9%
6.7%
5.9%
3 / 2003
8.5%
6.3%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.4%
6.3%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.4%
6.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
8.2%
7.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
7.9%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2003
7.2%
6.5%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.6%
6.0%
6.1%
10 / 2003
6.3%
5.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
6.9%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2003
7.2%
5.6%
5.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2002
12.1%
7.4%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.2%
7.1%
5.7%
3 / 2002
11.0%
7.0%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.3%
6.8%
5.9%
5 / 2002
9.8%
6.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.9%
6.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
12.3%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.8%
6.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.6%
5.9%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.5%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
8.7%
6.5%
5.9%
12 / 2002
9.2%
6.5%
6.0%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2001
9.3%
4.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
9.0%
5.0%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.7%
5.1%
4.3%
4 / 2001
9.1%
4.8%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.4%
5.0%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.4%
5.4%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.1%
5.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
8.6%
5.8%
4.9%
9 / 2001
7.9%
5.6%
5.0%
10 / 2001
8.4%
6.0%
5.3%
11 / 2001
9.2%
6.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
9.3%
6.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 2000
5.3%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
5.4%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.8%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.1%
3.0%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.7%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.7%
3.7%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.6%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.1%
4.0%
4.1%
9 / 2000
3.3%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.4%
3.7%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.4%
3.9%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.5%
3.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1999
7.9%
3.5%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.3%
3.6%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.2%
3.0%
4.2%
4 / 1999
6.3%
2.8%
4.3%
5 / 1999
5.4%
3.0%
4.2%
6 / 1999
5.9%
3.2%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.3%
3.5%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.2%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.0%
3.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
4.9%
3.1%
4.1%
11 / 1999
5.4%
3.3%
4.1%
12 / 1999
4.9%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1998
11.8%
4.2%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.6%
4.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
7.3%
3.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.6%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.8%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
10.0%
3.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
6.0%
3.6%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.3%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
4.9%
3.1%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.5%
3.2%
4.5%
11 / 1998
6.2%
3.1%
4.4%
12 / 1998
6.6%
2.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1997
8.3%
4.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
6.6%
4.4%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.2%
3.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.3%
3.4%
5.1%
5 / 1997
3.8%
3.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.7%
4.0%
5.0%
7 / 1997
6.1%
4.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
6.6%
3.7%
4.8%
9 / 1997
5.1%
3.4%
4.9%
10 / 1997
4.5%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 1997
6.4%
3.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.0%
3.4%
4.7%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1996
10.4%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1996
6.9%
4.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.5%
4.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
4.3%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
4.3%
4.5%
5.6%
6 / 1996
4.1%
4.4%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.4%
4.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
4.4%
3.9%
5.1%
9 / 1996
3.7%
3.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
3.2%
3.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
5.0%
3.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.2%
3.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1995
10.6%
4.5%
5.6%
2 / 1995
8.4%
4.4%
5.4%
3 / 1995
7.8%
4.1%
5.4%
4 / 1995
7.3%
4.1%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.9%
4.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
7.1%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
12.0%
4.8%
5.7%
8 / 1995
6.6%
4.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
5.2%
4.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.6%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.3%
4.3%
5.6%
12 / 1995
6.8%
4.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1994
10.2%
5.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
11.0%
5.1%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.5%
4.6%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.9%
4.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.5%
4.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.6%
4.6%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.1%
4.7%
6.1%
8 / 1994
9.0%
4.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
7.6%
4.1%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.5%
4.0%
5.8%
11 / 1994
8.2%
4.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.6%
3.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1993
10.9%
6.3%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.7%
6.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
9.5%
5.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
9.2%
5.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.2%
5.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
7.7%
5.5%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.6%
5.2%
6.9%
8 / 1993
6.4%
4.6%
6.8%
9 / 1993
5.2%
4.1%
6.7%
10 / 1993
5.8%
4.3%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.2%
4.2%
6.6%
12 / 1993
7.1%
4.0%
6.5%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1992
10.6%
6.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.4%
6.9%
7.4%
3 / 1992
11.0%
6.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
11.1%
5.6%
7.4%
5 / 1992
9.2%
6.0%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.5%
6.5%
7.8%
7 / 1992
9.8%
6.4%
7.7%
8 / 1992
9.8%
6.0%
7.6%
9 / 1992
8.4%
5.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
7.3%
5.4%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.9%
5.8%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.8%
5.5%
7.4%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1991
9.1%
6.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.9%
6.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
7.7%
5.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
11.0%
5.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
6.3%
5.9%
6.9%
6 / 1991
7.7%
6.1%
6.9%
7 / 1991
25.0%
6.2%
6.8%
8 / 1991
6.7%
5.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
6.6%
5.3%
6.9%
10 / 1991
6.7%
5.4%
7.0%
11 / 1991
7.8%
5.7%
7.0%
12 / 1991
7.7%
5.7%
7.3%
Month/Year
Spruce Pine, NC%
North-Carolina%
National %
1 / 1990
10.6%
4.0%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.4%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
7.0%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
9.0%
3.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
4.4%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 1990
4.6%
4.0%
5.2%
7 / 1990
9.7%
4.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
4.9%
3.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
4.1%
3.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
4.3%
4.4%
5.9%
11 / 1990
5.6%
4.8%
6.2%
12 / 1990
7.3%
4.9%
6.3%