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August Unemployment Rates Increase in Most NC Counties

In August, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties.

Author: Brett Dyson

Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates increased in 98 of North Carolina's 100 counties in August. Fifty-five counties had rates that were either at or below the state's 3.9 percent not seasonally adjusted rate, which increased 0.2 of a percentage point from the July revised unemployment rate. 

Unemployment rates decreased in all of North Carolina’s 15 Metropolitan Statistical Areas. 

For more on North Carolina's county and regional employment figures, go to:

NC Today
North Carolina's August County and Area Employment Figures Released
 

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