Data / Employed residents / Rocky Mount, NC

Employed residents in Rocky Mount, NC

Employed residents in Rocky Mount, NC was 22,216 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1% from 2024. That is the 24th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons22,216
Change on 2024-1%
Rank24th of 44Cities in North Carolina ranked
Series high25,0212007
Series low21,5212020

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.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employed residents in Rocky Mount, NC, 1990 to 2025

21K22K23K24K25K26K19901996200220082014202020251990: 23,641 persons1991: 23,754 persons1992: 23,641 persons1993: 23,783 persons1994: 23,585 persons1995: 24,141 persons1996: 24,586 persons1997: 23,811 persons1998: 23,550 persons1999: 23,590 persons2000: 24,188 persons2001: 24,039 persons2002: 23,454 persons2003: 23,980 persons2004: 24,076 persons2005: 23,950 persons2006: 24,331 persons2007: 25,021 persons2008: 24,759 persons2009: 24,522 persons2010: 22,696 persons2011: 22,302 persons2012: 22,042 persons2013: 21,903 persons2014: 21,790 persons2015: 21,566 persons2016: 23,505 persons2017: 23,339 persons2018: 23,247 persons2019: 23,280 persons2020: 21,521 persons2021: 22,256 persons2022: 22,691 persons2023: 22,594 persons2024: 22,432 persons2025: 22,216 persons21K22K23K24K25K26K19902002201420251990: 23,641 persons1991: 23,754 persons1992: 23,641 persons1993: 23,783 persons1994: 23,585 persons1995: 24,141 persons1996: 24,586 persons1997: 23,811 persons1998: 23,550 persons1999: 23,590 persons2000: 24,188 persons2001: 24,039 persons2002: 23,454 persons2003: 23,980 persons2004: 24,076 persons2005: 23,950 persons2006: 24,331 persons2007: 25,021 persons2008: 24,759 persons2009: 24,522 persons2010: 22,696 persons2011: 22,302 persons2012: 22,042 persons2013: 21,903 persons2014: 21,790 persons2015: 21,566 persons2016: 23,505 persons2017: 23,339 persons2018: 23,247 persons2019: 23,280 persons2020: 21,521 persons2021: 22,256 persons2022: 22,691 persons2023: 22,594 persons2024: 22,432 persons2025: 22,216 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
202522,216
202422,432
202322,594
202222,691
202122,256
202021,521
201923,280
201823,247
201723,339
201623,505
201521,566
201421,790
201321,903
201222,042
201122,302
201022,696
200924,522
200824,759
200725,021
200624,331
200523,950
200424,076
200323,980
200223,454
200124,039
200024,188
199923,590
199823,550
199723,811
199624,586
199524,141
199423,585
199323,783
199223,641
199123,754
199023,641

Rankings

Definition

Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • 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.

Report a problem with this figure

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, Rocky Mount, 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, Rocky Mount, 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/rocky-mount-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, Rocky Mount, 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/rocky-mount-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, Rocky Mount, 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/rocky-mount-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_employed_residents_rocky_mount_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, Rocky Mount, 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/rocky-mount-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, Rocky Mount, 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/rocky-mount-nc
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employed-residents/rocky-mount-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 Rocky Mount, NC? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employed_residents","place":"us-place-3757500"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employed_residents&place=us-place-3757500

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 Rocky Mount, NC?

Employed residents in Rocky Mount, NC was 22,216 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 1% from 2024. That is the 24th 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 Rocky Mount, NC?

25,021 in 2007, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

Employed residents elsewhere in North Carolina

Related statistics for Rocky Mount, NC

All statistics for Rocky Mount, NC | Rocky Mount, NC in figures