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Unemployment in Burlington and Alamance County fell five percentage points to 7.9 percent in June from 12.9 percent in May, according to preliminary figures from the N.C. Department of Commerce. The rate had jumped during the coronavirus pandemic.
The county ranked 67th among the state’s 100 counties, with 6,193 workers unemployed out of a labor force of 78,797.
Statewide, unemployment fell 4.8 percentage points, to 7.9 percent from 12.7 percent, with 380,123 jobless out of a labor force of 4,819,363.
Unemployment fell in all 100 North Carolina counties and in all 15 metro areas.
In surrounding
counties:
• Caswell County’s unemployment fell from 13.1 percent to 7.5 percent;
• Orange County’s unemployment fell from 9 percent to 6 percent;
• Guilford County’s unemployment fell from 14.9 percent to 9.5 percent;
• Chatham County’s unemployment fell from 9.1 percent to 5.9 percent; and
• Randolph County’s unemployment fell from 13.1 percent to 7.8 percent.
Duplin County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate: 5.4 percent. Scotland County had the highest: 11.5 percent.
Among metro areas, Fayetteville had the highest unemployment: 10 percent. New Bern had the lowest: 6.7 percent. Greensboro-High Point’s rate fell from 14.5 percent to 9.1 percent.