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Unemployed people in Winston-Salem, NC

Unemployed people in Winston-Salem, NC was 4,952 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 5.3% from 2024. That is the 5th highest of 44 cities in 2025.

2025, persons4,952
Change on 2024+5.3%
Rank5th of 44Cities in North Carolina ranked
Series high10,2292011
Series low2,5391999

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Unemployed people in Winston-Salem, NC, 1990 to 2025

2,0004,0006,0008,00010K12K19901996200220082014202020251990: 3,935 persons1991: 4,447 persons1992: 5,202 persons1993: 4,223 persons1994: 3,871 persons1995: 3,373 persons1996: 3,441 persons1997: 3,050 persons1998: 2,870 persons1999: 2,539 persons2000: 3,555 persons2001: 5,123 persons2002: 6,340 persons2003: 6,171 persons2004: 5,641 persons2005: 4,692 persons2006: 4,364 persons2007: 4,670 persons2008: 5,813 persons2009: 10,013 persons2010: 10,197 persons2011: 10,229 persons2012: 9,721 persons2013: 7,925 persons2014: 6,258 persons2015: 6,155 persons2016: 5,976 persons2017: 5,451 persons2018: 4,916 persons2019: 4,731 persons2020: 9,159 persons2021: 6,430 persons2022: 4,904 persons2023: 4,572 persons2024: 4,701 persons2025: 4,952 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
20254,952
20244,701
20234,572
20224,904
20216,430
20209,159
20194,731
20184,916
20175,451
20165,976
20156,155
20146,258
20137,925
20129,721
201110,229
201010,197
200910,013
20085,813
20074,670
20064,364
20054,692
20045,641
20036,171
20026,340
20015,123
20003,555
19992,539
19982,870
19973,050
19963,441
19953,373
19943,871
19934,223
19925,202
19914,447
19903,935

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

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What is the unemployed people in Winston-Salem, NC?

Unemployed people in Winston-Salem, NC was 4,952 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 5.3% from 2024. That is the 5th 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 Winston-Salem, NC?

10,229 in 2011, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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