Area Quick Facts:
Civilian Labor Force Estimates
NC Unemployment Rate*
February 2013
February 2013
High
Point**
Greensboro**
Guilford
G-HP
MSA
North
Carolina
Smoothed
Labor Force
51,900
137,684
253,382
370,940
4,702,850
Seasonally 9.4
Employed
46,983
125,874
229,490
334,032
4,256,262
Adjusted
Unemployed
4,917
11,810
23,892
36,908
446,588
Not Seasonally Q R
Adjusted y
Rate %
January 2013
9.5
8.6
9.4
9.9
9.5
Source: LAUS, Labor S Economic
Labor Force
52,251
139,277
255,538
373,279
4,738,051
Analysis Division, NC Dept, of Commerce
'Data are preliminary.
Employed
46,922
125,695
229,163
333,556
4,254,928
Unemployed
5,329
13,582
26,375
39,723
483,123
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Rate %
10.2
9.8
10.3
10.6
10.2
NC Average Weekly
February 2012
Benefit Amount
Labor Force
52,176
138,702
255,363
373,264
4,673,163
February 2013
Employed
47,120
126,291
230,251
335,140
4,206,174
$288. 10
Unemployed
5,056
12,411
25,112
38,124
466,989
Rate %
9.7
8.9
9.8
10.2
10.0
NC Maximum Weekly
Unemployment Insurance
Benefit Amount
February 2013
$535
Source: WRE, Labor & Economic
Analysis Division , NC Dept, ol Commerce
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Initial Claims
February 2013
Guilford 2,138
North Carolina 48,238
Source: WRE, Labor S Economic
Analysis Division, NC Dept, of Commerce
Source: LAUS, Labor S Economic Analysis Division, NC Dept, of Commerce
'February 20 13 data are preliminary, January 2013 are revised, while all other data have undergone annual
processing.
"Claims/Populalion Disaggregation method used to break cities out from county. All city data meets BLS
guidelines for publication.
Unemployment insurance Claims
February 2013
Guilford County
Percent Attached 37 o/o
Benefits Paid $4,754,462
Duration 17.7 16.7
Individuals Receiving Ul Check 4,998 109,622
Source: WRE, Labor S Economic Analysis Division, NC Dept, of Commerce
Duration is defined as the number of weeks compensated for the year divided by the number of first
payments.
North Carolina
46%
$106,057,456
Unemployment Rate Trends
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Feb-12 Mar-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jun-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Sep-12 Oct-12 Nov-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Feb-13
■ Guilford ■ North Carolina
Source: LAUS, Labors Economic Analysis Division, NC Dept, of Commerce
February 2013 data are preliminary, January 2013 are revised, while all other data have undergone annually processing.