The unemployment rate in Mecklenburg County rose to 6.7 percent in October from 6.6 percent in September.
In October, 30,931 residents were unemployed among the county’s labor force of 462,563, according to the N.C. Employment Security Commission.
Unemployment in the Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord area was 7.1 percent, up from 6.9 percent in September.
In the Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton metro area, unemployment was 8.4 percent, up from 8.1 percent.
Here’s a breakdown of county unemployment rates in October, compared with September:
•Anson: 9.8 percent, up from 9.4 percent.
•Cabarrus: 6.5 percent, up from 6.3 percent.
•Catawba: 8.3 percent, up from 7.9 percent.
•Cleveland: 9.5 percent, up from 8.5 percent.
•Gaston: 9.1 percent, up from 7.7 percent.
•Iredell: 6.9 percent, up from 6.5 percent.
•Lincoln: 8.5 percent, up from 7.2 percent.
•Rowan: 7.3 percent, up from 7.2 percent.
•Stanly: 7.4 percent, up from 7 percent.
•Union: 6.2 percent, up from 6 percent.
Statewide, the unemployment rate was 6.7 percent in October, up from 6.6 percent in September.
Orange and Watauga counties had North Carolina’s lowest unemployment rate in October, at 4.1 percent. Scotland and Edgecombe counties had the highest rate, at 11.6 percent.
Taken from the Charlotte Business Journal
