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Local Area Unemployment Statistics

**Series Id:**              LAUMT37258605
Not Seasonally Adjusted
**Area:**                   Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area
**Area Type:**              Metropolitan areas
**State/Region/Division:**  North Carolina
Year	Period	labor force	employment	unemployment	unemployment rate
1999	Jan	178174	173698	4476	2.5
1999	Feb	178552	173796	4756	2.7
1999	Mar	178678	174596	4082	2.3
1999	Apr	177399	173880	3519	2.0
1999	May	179475	175539	3936	2.2
1999	Jun	179171	175257	3914	2.2
1999	Jul	181987	177702	4285	2.4
1999	Aug	181136	177442	3694	2.0
1999	Sep	178833	175551	3282	1.8
1999	Oct	180240	176818	3422	1.9
1999	Nov	181578	178034	3544	2.0
1999	Dec	182244	178985	3259	1.8
1999	Annual	179789	175942	3847	2.1
2000	Jan	185963	180831	5132	2.8
2000	Feb	187148	181777	5371	2.9
2000	Mar	187760	182556	5204	2.8
2000	Apr	186977	182714	4263	2.3
2000	May	187759	182812	4947	2.6
2000	Jun	189371	183837	5534	2.9
2000	Jul	189839	183816	6023	3.2
2000	Aug	190255	183581	6674	3.5
2000	Sep	188038	182254	5784	3.1
2000	Oct	187851	181657	6194	3.3
2000	Nov	188725	182492	6233	3.3
2000	Dec	189359	183025	6334	3.3
2000	Annual	188254	182613	5641	3.0
2001	Jan	190410	181932	8478	4.5
2001	Feb	191117	181051	10066	5.3
2001	Mar	189848	180357	9491	5.0
2001	Apr	186135	177169	8966	4.8
2001	May	186540	175925	10615	5.7
2001	Jun	186607	174391	12216	6.5
2001	Jul	187597	173847	13750	7.3
2001	Aug	184808	170942	13866	7.5
2001	Sep	183738	170493	13245	7.2
2001	Oct	184567	170914	13653	7.4
2001	Nov	184778	169933	14845	8.0
2001	Dec	183515	168154	15361	8.4
2001	Annual	186638	174592	12046	6.5
2002	Jan	184985	168548	16437	8.9
2002	Feb	185387	169244	16143	8.7
2002	Mar	184792	169740	15052	8.1
2002	Apr	184269	169702	14567	7.9
2002	May	183690	169448	14242	7.8
2002	Jun	183176	168185	14991	8.2
2002	Jul	184047	168535	15512	8.4
2002	Aug	182033	168213	13820	7.6
2002	Sep	180696	167908	12788	7.1
2002	Oct	180773	167290	13483	7.5
2002	Nov	181521	167158	14363	7.9
2002	Dec	180030	165967	14063	7.8
2002	Annual	182950	168328	14622	8.0
2003	Jan	181414	166630	14784	8.1
2003	Feb	181838	167105	14733	8.1
2003	Mar	180808	167018	13790	7.6
2003	Apr	180924	167074	13850	7.7
2003	May	180452	165858	14594	8.1
2003	Jun	180542	164625	15917	8.8
2003	Jul	181087	164713	16374	9.0
2003	Aug	179004	164262	14742	8.2
2003	Sep	178036	164335	13701	7.7
2003	Oct	177717	164066	13651	7.7
2003	Nov	177847	164328	13519	7.6
2003	Dec	176361	164076	12285	7.0
2003	Annual	179669	165341	14328	8.0
2004	Jan	180012	166583	13429	7.5
2004	Feb	180042	166679	13363	7.4
2004	Mar	180105	167473	12632	7.0
2004	Apr	178552	166998	11554	6.5
2004	May	178855	167096	11759	6.6
2004	Jun	179082	166842	12240	6.8
2004	Jul	180291	167880	12411	6.9
2004	Aug	177709	166123	11586	6.5
2004	Sep	176478	165416	11062	6.3
2004	Oct	177214	165395	11819	6.7
2004	Nov	176571	165297	11274	6.4
2004	Dec	175955	164921	11034	6.3
2004	Annual	178406	166392	12014	6.7
2005	Jan	176665	164775	11890	6.7
2005	Feb	176934	164218	12716	7.2
2005	Mar	176641	165241	11400	6.5
2005	Apr	176513	165836	10677	6.0
2005	May	177164	165751	11413	6.4
2005	Jun	177248	165201	12047	6.8
2005	Jul	179526	164791	14735	8.2
2005	Aug	176306	164810	11496	6.5
2005	Sep	176091	164785	11306	6.4
2005	Oct	178107	166460	11647	6.5
2005	Nov	177230	166063	11167	6.3
2005	Dec	175999	165849	10150	5.8
2005	Annual	177035	165315	11720	6.6
2006	Jan	176373	165794	10579	6.0
2006	Feb	176884	165780	11104	6.3
2006	Mar	176292	166410	9882	5.6
2006	Apr	176772	167406	9366	5.3
2006	May	177408	167344	10064	5.7
2006	Jun	178258	167714	10544	5.9
2006	Jul	180087	168477	11610	6.4
2006	Aug	177826	167213	10613	6.0
2006	Sep	176273	166173	10100	5.7
2006	Oct	177839	167883	9956	5.6
2006	Nov	178135	167397	10738	6.0
2006	Dec	176935	166714	10221	5.8
2006	Annual	177423	167025	10398	5.9
2007	Jan	174752	163564	11188	6.4
2007	Feb	173813	163127	10686	6.1
2007	Mar	173713	163971	9742	5.6
2007	Apr	172681	162724	9957	5.8
2007	May	173098	163085	10013	5.8
2007	Jun	173861	163505	10356	6.0
2007	Jul	174899	163498	11401	6.5
2007	Aug	172066	161882	10184	5.9
2007	Sep	171865	162363	9502	5.5
2007	Oct	171094	161272	9822	5.7
2007	Nov	171592	161483	10109	5.9
2007	Dec	170931	160450	10481	6.1
2007	Annual	172864	162577	10287	6.0
2008	Jan	172828	161501	11327	6.6
2008	Feb	171767	160710	11057	6.4
2008	Mar	172906	161962	10944	6.3
2008	Apr	171524	161095	10429	6.1
2008	May	172198	160234	11964	6.9
2008	Jun	172115	159501	12614	7.3
2008	Jul	175281	160831	14450	8.2
2008	Aug	172506	158418	14088	8.2
2008	Sep	171795	158287	13508	7.9
2008	Oct	173465	158680	14785	8.5
2008	Nov	173268	156205	17063	9.8
2008	Dec	171869	153539	18330	10.7
2008	Annual	172627	159247	13380	7.8
2009	Jan	173349(C)	149785(C)	23564(C)	13.6(C)
2009	Feb	175088(C)	147803(C)	27285(C)	15.6(C)
2009	Mar	172991(C)	146349(C)	26642(C)	15.4(C)
2009	Apr	173581(C)	147790(C)	25791(C)	14.9(C)
2009	May	172506	146122	26384	15.3
2009	Jun	172483	146024	26459	15.3
2009	Jul	173285	147275	26010	15.0
2009	Aug	170368	145540	24828	14.6
2009	Sep	169114(P)	145340(P)	23774(P)	14.1(P)
C : Corrected. P : Preliminary.

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