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Unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC

Unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC was 1,439 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 5.9% from 2024. That is the 14th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,439
Change on 2024+5.9%
Rank14th of 44Cities in North Carolina ranked
Series high3,5022011
Series low1,3191990

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Unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC, 1990 to 2025

1,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 1,319 persons1991: 2,118 persons1992: 2,428 persons1993: 1,988 persons1994: 1,739 persons1995: 1,917 persons1996: 2,623 persons1997: 2,414 persons1998: 2,046 persons1999: 1,897 persons2000: 1,757 persons2001: 2,429 persons2002: 3,095 persons2003: 2,812 persons2004: 2,487 persons2005: 1,681 persons2006: 1,501 persons2007: 1,527 persons2008: 2,001 persons2009: 3,348 persons2010: 3,469 persons2011: 3,502 persons2012: 3,336 persons2013: 2,869 persons2014: 2,148 persons2015: 2,056 persons2016: 2,054 persons2017: 1,882 persons2018: 1,597 persons2019: 1,427 persons2020: 2,605 persons2021: 2,064 persons2022: 1,600 persons2023: 1,345 persons2024: 1,359 persons2025: 1,439 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20251,439
20241,359
20231,345
20221,600
20212,064
20202,605
20191,427
20181,597
20171,882
20162,054
20152,056
20142,148
20132,869
20123,336
20113,502
20103,469
20093,348
20082,001
20071,527
20061,501
20051,681
20042,487
20032,812
20023,095
20012,429
20001,757
19991,897
19982,046
19972,414
19962,623
19951,917
19941,739
19931,988
19922,428
19912,118
19901,319

Rankings

Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, 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. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. 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.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/rocky-mount-nc.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, 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/unemployed-people/rocky-mount-nc (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC?

Unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC was 1,439 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 5.9% from 2024. That is the 14th 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: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Rocky Mount, NC?

3,502 in 2011, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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