North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from December’s annually revised rate of 6.1 percent.
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Economic data are often released in preliminary form and are subject to revision. In this article, we summarize recently published revisions to North Carolina’s unemployment and labor force statistics and discuss their implications for data users.
In December, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 55 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from November’s revised rate of 6.2 percent.
Quarter 2 data from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) were recently released, and as expected provide a stark contrast to the first quarter of 2020. As the impacts of the pandemic began to be widely felt in the early spring of 2020, changes in consumer behavior as well as school closures and other restrictions on business activity led to an unprecedented drop in economic activity throughout the state and the nation.
In November, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 76 of North Carolina's 100 counties.
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from October’s revised rate of 6.2 percent.
In October, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in all of North Carolina's 100 counties.
North Carolina's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.9 of a percentage point to 6.3 percent from September’s revised rate of 7.2 percent.
In September, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 95 of North Carolina's 100 counties.