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Unemployment drops across N.C. :: WRAL.com
March unemployment rates for metro areas statewide are as follows:
Asheville – 9.4 percent, down from 10.2 percent in February
Burlington – 12.1 percent, down from 13.2 percent
Charlotte-Gastonia – 11.9 percent, down from 12.8 percent
Durham-Chapel Hill – 7.8 percent, down from 8.4 percent
Fayetteville – 9.1 percent, down from 9.7 percent
Goldsboro – 9.2 percent, down from 9.9 percent
Greensboro-High Point – 11.5 percent, down from 12.4 percent
Greenville – 10.3 percent, down from 10.7 percent
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton – 14.5 percent, down from 15.8 percent
Jacksonville – 8 percent, down from 8.6 percent
Raleigh-Cary – 8.9 percent, down from 9.6 percent
Rocky Mount – 13.5 percent, down from 14.7 percent
Wilmington – 10.5 percent, down from 11.6 percent
Winston-Salem – 10.1 percent, down from 11.1 percent