Data / Employed residents / Hickory, NC

Employed residents in Hickory, NC

Employed residents in Hickory, NC was 19,631 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.9% from 2024. That is the 27th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons19,631
Change on 2024-0.9%
Rank27th of 44Cities in North Carolina ranked
Series high20,1052023
Series low15,6181991

Next release: Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 10:00 ET, announced by BLS. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Employed residents in Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025

15K16K17K18K19K20K21K19901996200220082014202020251990: 15,827 persons1991: 15,618 persons1992: 16,007 persons1993: 16,185 persons1994: 16,489 persons1995: 16,599 persons1996: 16,950 persons1997: 17,082 persons1998: 17,013 persons1999: 17,310 persons2000: 19,648 persons2001: 19,092 persons2002: 18,276 persons2003: 18,175 persons2004: 18,361 persons2005: 18,820 persons2006: 18,982 persons2007: 18,689 persons2008: 18,528 persons2009: 17,082 persons2010: 17,801 persons2011: 17,761 persons2012: 18,013 persons2013: 18,176 persons2014: 18,126 persons2015: 18,357 persons2016: 18,569 persons2017: 19,098 persons2018: 19,277 persons2019: 19,415 persons2020: 18,113 persons2021: 18,939 persons2022: 20,018 persons2023: 20,105 persons2024: 19,809 persons2025: 19,631 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
202519,631
202419,809
202320,105
202220,018
202118,939
202018,113
201919,415
201819,277
201719,098
201618,569
201518,357
201418,126
201318,176
201218,013
201117,761
201017,801
200917,082
200818,528
200718,689
200618,982
200518,820
200418,361
200318,175
200218,276
200119,092
200019,648
199917,310
199817,013
199717,082
199616,950
199516,599
199416,489
199316,185
199216,007
199115,618
199015,827

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. Counts people where they live, whatever the place of work, and someone with two jobs counts once. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

MLA 9

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average, Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_employed_residents_hickory_nc_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average: Employed residents, Hickory, NC, 1990 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/hickory-nc.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employed residents in Hickory, NC? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employed_residents","place":"us-place-3731060"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employed_residents&place=us-place-3731060

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employed residents in Hickory, NC?

Employed residents in Hickory, NC was 19,631 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.9% from 2024. That is the 27th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest employed residents in Hickory, NC?

20,105 in 2023, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Employed residents elsewhere in North Carolina

Related statistics for Hickory, NC

All statistics for Hickory, NC | Hickory, NC in figures