Friday, North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Robin Hayes released the following statement after the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina’s release of January 2011 unemployment data (see full ESC report here):

“As a business owner, I know that North Carolina’s job creators in the private sector face an uncertain and unfriendly business climate as a result of decades of misguided policies from the Democrats in Raleigh.   As Governor (Beverly) Perdue and her big government allies continue to believe that government creates jobs, Speaker (Thom)  Tillis, President Pro Tempore (Phil) Berger and the Republicans in the General Assembly will continue working towards reducing the size and cost of our government so the private sector can flourish and create jobs.”

Unemployment Statistics from Friday’s ESC Report

“North Carolina’s statewide unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) was 10.5 percent in January. This was a 0.8 of a percentage point increase from December’s benchmarked rate of 9.7 percent…”

“Unemployment rates increased in 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties in January, …The rate remained the same in Washington County (11.6 percent).“

“The number of people unemployed increased, by 34,897. The number of unemployed people in January was 463,492 workers, compared with 428,495 in December.”

Unemployment rates in the metropolitan statistical areas for January

Asheville — 8.9 percent, up from 7.9 percent in December.

Burlington — 10.8 percent, up from 10.1 percent.

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC — 11.1 percent, up from 10.7 percent.

Durham-Chapel Hill — 7.6 percent, up from 6.9 percent.

Fayetteville — 9.7 percent, up from 9 percent.

Goldsboro — 8.9 percent, up from 8.2 percent.

Greensboro-High Point — 10.9 percent, up from 10.2 percent.

Greenville — 10.1 percent, up from 9.5 percent.

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton — 12.8 percent, up from 12.4 percent.

Jacksonville — 9 percent, up from 7.8 percent

Raleigh-Cary — 8.3 percent, up from 7.8 percent.

Rocky Mount — 13.1 percent, up from 12.6 percent.

Wilmington — 10.6 percent, up from 9.9 percent.

Winston-Salem — 10.1 percent, up from 9.2 percent.

Editor’s Note

Clearly, our Governor is twisting facts and figures to suit her administration’s claim of “jobs, jobs, and more jobs”.  She wants to be “the jobs Governor” no matter how much they may cost our state and how little they pay.  This is the legacy of the North Carolina Democratic party and of Governor Beverly Perdue.

Next….

Comments are closed.