The almost daily news of layoffs at companies around North Carolina were summarized into detailed data as October's unemployment rates were released Tuesday, Dec. 2.
 
N.C. Employment Numbers (By County)
     
     
North Carolina's unemployment rate climbed in September to 7 percent, a level last seen in January 2002 in the aftermath of the dot-com bust and Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the U.S.
     
North Carolina's unemployment rate has been higher than the national average since February.