Data / Unemployment rate / Robeson County

Unemployment rate in Robeson County

Unemployment rate in Robeson County was 5.1% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.7 pts from August 2025. That is the 3rd highest of 100 counties in August 2026.

August 20265.1% Provisional
Change on August 2025-0.7 pts
Rank3rd of 100Counties in North Carolina ranked
Series high12.5July 2020
Series low4.4April 2024

Unemployment rate in Robeson County, January 2020 to August 2026

CSVChart (SVG)

4681012142020-012021-012022-012023-012024-012025-012026-022026-082020-01: 5.4 %2020-02: 5.1 %2020-03: 6.2 %2020-04: 12.2 %2020-05: 12 %2020-06: 12 %2020-07: 12.5 %2020-08: 9.9 %2020-09: 9 %2020-10: 8 %2020-11: 8.2 %2020-12: 8.5 %2021-01: 9.5 %2021-02: 9.1 %2021-03: 8.3 %2021-04: 7.8 %2021-05: 7.9 %2021-06: 8.4 %2021-07: 8.1 %2021-08: 7.8 %2021-09: 6.8 %2021-10: 6.7 %2021-11: 6.4 %2021-12: 5.5 %2022-01: 6.5 %2022-02: 6 %2022-03: 5.6 %2022-04: 5 %2022-05: 5.1 %2022-06: 5.7 %2022-07: 6 %2022-08: 6.1 %2022-09: 5 %2022-10: 5.3 %2022-11: 5.3 %2022-12: 4.8 %2023-01: 5.6 %2023-02: 5.3 %2023-03: 5 %2023-04: 4.5 %2023-05: 4.9 %2023-06: 5.2 %2023-07: 5.6 %2023-08: 5.3 %2023-09: 4.6 %2023-10: 4.7 %2023-11: 4.7 %2023-12: 4.7 %2024-01: 5.3 %2024-02: 5.3 %2024-03: 5 %2024-04: 4.4 %2024-05: 4.8 %2024-06: 5.4 %2024-07: 6.2 %2024-08: 5.7 %2024-09: 4.7 %2024-10: 4.5 %2024-11: 5.1 %2024-12: 4.8 %2025-01: 5.4 %2025-02: 5.4 %2025-03: 5.2 %2025-04: 4.7 %2025-05: 5 %2025-06: 5.6 %2025-07: 6.2 %2025-08: 5.8 %2025-09: 5.3 %2025-11: 5.2 %2025-12: 4.8 %2026-01: 5.7 %2026-02: 5.2 %2026-03: 4.7 %2026-04: 4.7 %2026-05: 4.8 %2026-06: 4.8 %2026-07: 5.4 %2026-08: 5.1 %
%. Source: BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-08, published 2026-09-30.
All 79 values
Period%
2026-085.1 Provisional
2026-075.4
2026-064.8
2026-054.8
2026-044.7
2026-034.7
2026-025.2
2026-015.7
2025-124.8
2025-115.2
2025-095.3
2025-085.8
2025-076.2
2025-065.6
2025-055
2025-044.7
2025-035.2
2025-025.4
2025-015.4
2024-124.8
2024-115.1
2024-104.5
2024-094.7
2024-085.7
2024-076.2
2024-065.4
2024-054.8
2024-044.4
2024-035
2024-025.3
2024-015.3
2023-124.7
2023-114.7
2023-104.7
2023-094.6
2023-085.3
2023-075.6
2023-065.2
2023-054.9
2023-044.5
2023-035
2023-025.3
2023-015.6
2022-124.8
2022-115.3
2022-105.3
2022-095
2022-086.1
2022-076
2022-065.7
2022-055.1
2022-045
2022-035.6
2022-026
2022-016.5
2021-125.5
2021-116.4
2021-106.7
2021-096.8
2021-087.8
2021-078.1
2021-068.4
2021-057.9
2021-047.8
2021-038.3
2021-029.1
2021-019.5
2020-128.5
2020-118.2
2020-108
2020-099
2020-089.9
2020-0712.5
2020-0612
2020-0512
2020-0412.2
2020-036.2
2020-025.1
2020-015.4

Compared with North Carolina and United States

PlaceAugust 2026
Robeson County5.1
North Carolina3.5
United States4.1

Rankings

Definition

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work. Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over. EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74. United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states and counties. Other countries and the World: ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank, aged 15 and over.

Survey-based. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states and US counties, not Spanish municipalities. For municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate. US national and state rates are seasonally adjusted; county rates are not. Countries without a national or Eurostat series get the annual ILO modelled estimate, a model output rather than a survey result.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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 unemployment rate in Robeson County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"unemployment_rate","place":"us-county-37155"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=unemployment_rate&place=us-county-37155

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

Questions

What is the unemployment rate in Robeson County?

Unemployment rate in Robeson County was 5.1% in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is down 0.7 pts from August 2025. That is the 3rd highest of 100 counties in August 2026.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics: unemployment rate by county, not seasonally adjusted. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-08.

What was the highest unemployment rate in Robeson County?

12.5% in July 2020, the highest value since January 2020 in this series.

More statistics for Robeson County

All statistics for Robeson County