Region & Communities
Our work to support the nation’s economy includes a focus on the economic well-being of our District, which covers North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and most of West Virginia. Learn more about our research and engagement in our communities:
Small Town &
Rural Initiative
Understanding the economic challenges facing our smaller towns and sharing what works to address them.
Regional Data &
Analysis
Regional surveys, economic indicators and in-depth analysis of the communities in our District.
Community Development & Engagement
Working to identify economic opportunities in low- and moderate-income and underserved communities.
Regional Economic Snapshot
This overview of the Fifth District economy includes timely analysis of labor and housing markets, including growth in payrolls.
date,United States,Fifth District,District of Columbia,Maryland,North Carolina,South Carolina,Virginia,West Virginia 10/31/2014,2.017673801,1.566202393,1.073393264,1.293815027,2.198312752,2.69184621,0.824117397,0.358917725 11/30/2014,2.02167327,1.593450191,0.882943144,1.222456409,2.322911578,2.98149596,0.7535955,0.234515106 12/31/2014,2.183202661,1.724324441,0.882943144,1.48554758,2.359939539,2.946372895,0.998990382,0.373082769 1/31/2015,2.189006259,1.87021717,2.239913642,1.315083199,2.51572327,2.78195879,1.2912139,0.415167451 2/28/2015,2.266356837,2.188800277,2.169226624,1.502664162,3.077148867,3.202328967,1.508339762,0.499029665 3/31/2015,2.129186083,1.722003052,2.01884253,1.264367816,2.364922344,2.628589134,1.15812681,-0.083056478 4/30/2015,2.099813446,1.621183658,1.515761234,1.378915202,2.053750695,2.341619062,1.351351351,-0.386366772 5/31/2015,2.194223827,1.793657832,2.151405136,1.634908537,2.298073674,2.598202824,1.541181749,-1.672331747 6/30/2015,2.061469535,1.956898155,1.561665777,1.503272949,2.413243882,2.79601888,1.66464412,0.656607991 7/31/2015,2.094538238,2.199948489,2.20293725,1.75706064,2.435440355,3.110084681,2.208135235,-0.055617353 8/31/2015,2.063091981,2.19151671,2.17362315,1.553597204,2.465601847,3.121801433,2.356884584,-0.429719989 9/30/2015,1.935312831,2.132615339,1.832912737,1.422178398,2.514395393,2.910443957,2.459081205,-0.978770334 10/31/2015,1.988498183,2.288181404,2.2434621,1.739690722,2.502751591,2.956565913,2.760639139,-1.182943604 11/30/2015,1.94306436,2.233046244,2.254342925,1.64306807,2.46353632,2.7028395,2.773242033,-1.073492981 12/31/2015,1.935653933,2.326768472,2.612385625,1.773961722,2.546086791,2.796426228,2.796338191,-0.963656388 1/31/2016,1.873906177,1.959076749,1.860894813,1.642384106,2.392162458,2.615765288,2.040655738,-1.51598677 2/29/2016,1.831983015,1.926312367,2.149545035,1.363344537,2.354057902,2.654644368,2.10702867,-1.682758621 3/31/2016,1.945006209,2.283085633,2.242744063,1.782065834,2.718681736,2.742414331,2.515558123,-0.872817955 4/30/2016,1.879576777,2.218349362,2.497357294,1.642741419,2.898928605,2.946796741,2.056099152,-1.080482061 5/31/2016,1.668797999,1.811935307,2.237725418,1.042408789,2.463542404,2.622491367,1.554175222,-0.483960177 6/30/2016,1.73400614,1.658982294,1.99763438,0.997337933,2.410575428,2.365623596,1.525806368,-1.929215822 7/31/2016,1.77901105,1.628270016,1.554539517,1.161135666,2.445735249,2.573291524,1.191337606,-1.683361157 8/31/2016,1.782874833,1.563144177,1.422605064,1.223115766,2.342887997,2.387096774,1.129389923,-1.614924126 9/30/2016,1.895055003,1.645220909,1.512977697,1.548068653,2.403576109,2.486379396,1.039255029,-1.44786301 10/31/2016,1.742832295,1.26626289,1.220462218,1.065454681,2.035480859,1.756550057,0.836476535,-1.572939866 11/30/2016,1.665149499,1.456411824,1.219037738,1.262663886,2.148032523,2.099452959,0.837967353,-0.153032832 12/31/2016,1.626328774,1.258868196,1.046782114,1.126101015,2.006735571,1.964154186,0.690943522,-1.403947734 1/31/2017,1.703958211,1.469373017,1.295672454,1.329163409,1.809103576,2.258747109,1.184998586,-0.559753708 2/28/2017,1.699311768,1.563941271,0.916602117,1.587183308,1.88259297,2.232690515,1.293568092,-0.182379349 3/31/2017,1.607896092,1.475167098,1.238709677,1.390282889,1.786828783,2.3655598,1.132143132,-0.503144654 4/30/2017,1.610638416,1.233511193,0.992651798,1.108351559,1.538780493,1.914810473,1.027791271,-0.714185688 5/31/2017,1.728966442,1.312511645,0.914123857,1.254314024,1.667357561,1.980004877,1.195137556,-1.445046547 6/30/2017,1.689882901,1.52629072,0.979255251,1.447822697,1.836128943,2.193944713,1.231948882,0.212284178 7/31/2017,1.561775594,1.383139202,0.81039362,1.081161137,1.758372931,1.916731366,1.200296243,0.31130607 8/31/2017,1.55048941,1.297593329,0.875048256,0.964451999,1.793783691,1.677087877,1.053034166,0.226404415 9/30/2017,1.405895379,1.154764519,0.693819864,0.729093788,1.63409896,1.353179973,1.054025154,0.310778359 10/31/2017,1.431732486,1.396690242,0.962031811,0.939953555,1.798133236,2.225670368,1.058551108,0.608117664 11/30/2017,1.506322837,1.100759168,0.807174888,0.838636113,1.475652868,1.916300623,0.871664549,-0.975337885 12/31/2017,1.451757101,1.185059492,0.831308351,0.621095186,1.436735809,1.81555502,1.202124685,0.239672917 1/31/2018,1.39457277,1.530217693,0.972115631,0.661375661,1.900134583,2.738209817,1.387054161,0.45032367 2/28/2018,1.512533597,1.533713006,1.189714724,0.806865694,1.893318769,2.807910147,1.2390412,0.379479972 3/31/2018,1.578341645,1.568274489,0.968646444,0.909257562,1.980287959,2.61709966,1.33221893,0.435454418 4/30/2018,1.541324321,1.692372731,1.250957365,0.861563279,2.019102067,3.139378834,1.343793496,1.029619182 5/31/2018,1.616241658,1.76276266,1.326869099,0.952904526,2.099850496,3.06059012,1.423802539,1.325250247 6/30/2018,1.623598112,1.781440383,1.301518438,0.955099352,2.035744142,3.077143266,1.444189158,1.962999576 7/31/2018,1.533671272,1.724360499,1.173918591,1.080586081,1.921992375,2.694853116,1.483836778,2.045422486 8/31/2018,1.611223427,1.75641165,1.186375813,1.108955825,1.969488699,2.936549554,1.375116696,2.188338275 9/30/2018,1.606813652,1.432573409,1.173918591,0.881008956,1.394198336,2.670226969,1.158923713,1.957470779 10/31/2018,1.616761584,1.600931845,0.85122602,0.854513585,1.964133219,2.632577554,1.24386252,1.96795052 11/30/2018,1.524681934,1.692069145,0.864260295,0.962976473,2.025083161,2.666477219,1.458695488,1.744758689 12/31/2018,1.547576277,1.463975386,0.71029934,0.960590233,1.764309764,2.445369407,1.127574083,1.322081575 1/31/2019,1.621892501,1.506480901,0.481378262,1.135202219,2.361658309,1.62068481,1.109997494,0.588400112 2/28/2019,1.359639051,1.34577101,0.707964602,0.822236775,2.123905664,1.400625613,1.103741709,0.378045365 3/31/2019,1.358241165,1.35474429,0.744761424,0.871997965,2.057631497,1.515292801,1.142242995,0.181818182 4/30/2019,1.466050422,1.294756605,0.516893596,0.810584857,1.887967266,1.579999071,1.136193378,0.321094513 5/31/2019,1.267184296,1.202787093,0.27700831,0.751497549,1.792647483,1.596213633,1.062211694,-0.139140114 6/30/2019,1.259330863,1.183095957,0.428265525,0.848194867,1.762621789,1.467185041,1.105054879,-0.747922438 7/31/2019,1.282352389,1.096023991,0.529701097,0.413118319,1.726389411,1.724697482,0.997140371,-0.940005529 8/31/2019,1.260098879,1.118023201,0.479072113,0.358358068,1.701619854,1.782985227,1.122504853,-0.939486046 9/30/2019,1.337029077,1.400972322,0.580148821,0.463835338,2.326458195,2.201374698,1.20292887,-1.174033149 10/31/2019,1.292760408,1.193777162,0.579491056,0.630023897,1.763201975,1.529786939,1.380287995,-1.58533223 11/30/2019,1.366109262,1.1698671,0.705645161,0.588894107,1.848302602,1.397794898,1.273837902,-1.618033467 12/31/2019,1.327067368,1.280906365,0.743073048,0.690977498,2.0337039,1.449743755,1.3012491,-1.221543587 1/31/2020,1.321453799,1.129527073,1.412002017,0.324827661,1.513329105,1.244526389,1.372884296,-0.236768802 2/29/2020,1.493999347,1.061789514,1.092141602,0.436633949,1.596430993,0.980708136,1.190711952,-0.446366299 3/31/2020,0.401878984,0.254345061,0.438541536,-0.763606239,0.835697142,0.289349194,0.521425394,-1.340220578 4/30/2020,-13.40022045,-11.93677145,-9.306409131,-13.92875171,-10.98258326,-13.42238895,-10.81701686,-15.04313944 5/31/2020,-11.6834838,-10.72354497,-9.944751381,-13.09815509,-9.439637323,-10.50468143,-10.36243863,-13.32032883 6/30/2020,-8.743470075,-8.412615622,-9.97115264,-11.26087269,-6.671598921,-7.40774529,-8.706890185,-8.191459671 7/31/2020,-7.747757298,-7.235538173,-9.484380881,-8.683099354,-5.730945802,-7.246707078,-7.243450857,-8.707786771 8/31/2020,-6.867784724,-6.046483996,-8.544542033,-7.967538323,-4.62180309,-5.66020566,-5.77666199,-7.69874477 9/30/2020,-6.301616036,-5.41633143,-8.764890282,-7.163468475,-3.981447366,-5.180405344,-5.035068291,-7.058001398 10/31/2020,-5.919132697,-4.885422773,-9.130761523,-6.710564191,-3.04946721,-4.374544792,-4.930821313,-6.219358454 11/30/2020,-5.87145438,-4.733949784,-9.396896897,-6.817039006,-2.811905174,-3.921747043,-4.847370357,-5.692999719 12/31/2020,-6.109676399,-4.449503856,-9.688711089,-6.668343333,-2.339054866,-3.472443453,-4.633147844,-5.564924115 1/31/2021,-6.00414351,-4.526084244,-10.36797613,-6.230888225,-2.634696999,-3.373548828,-4.632458992,-6.533575318 2/28/2021,-5.821061132,-4.408066242,-10.49298398,-6.330614738,-2.410831522,-3.036658763,-4.662768794,-5.80075662 3/31/2021,-4.389720208,-3.38794926,-9.867764471,-4.816522086,-1.38705559,-2.331013006,-3.84492465,-4.188481675 4/30/2021,10.86634821,10.12116839,0.248928226,10.10431067,12.05560732,12.79260238,8.399778516,10.85995086 5/31/2021,9.022850271,8.892033248,1.310652538,9.250735995,10.48375451,9.272773667,8.100520217,9.033917377 6/30/2021,5.932948313,6.151916437,1.922541098,6.828952165,7.279086034,5.630819252,6.031925794,3.161574707 7/31/2021,5.401465096,5.666894567,2.00970201,5.070544995,6.95870935,5.970222593,5.316664012,4.524610211 8/31/2021,4.583232699,4.391813564,1.413088215,4.522652453,5.438100879,4.282820488,3.876495481,3.550921729 9/30/2021,4.150331406,3.577579295,2.295217152,3.535628254,4.464809715,3.709383686,2.907564332,2.706766917 10/31/2021,4.261963746,3.749948062,3.749138525,3.536853473,4.537128049,3.874898843,3.078391908,2.808065721 11/30/2021,4.508234042,3.805819609,4.184504903,3.804347826,4.537968486,3.641443318,3.125644197,2.951259502 12/31/2021,5.083568391,3.890916604,4.761904762,4.115178812,4.42270232,3.587930222,3.246536257,3.199404762 1/31/2022,4.96655378,3.418109792,4.6740638,3.22271245,4.026905036,3.425367508,2.606890188,3.420463032 2/28/2022,5.181849236,4.174451833,4.897336293,3.99294235,4.755497717,4.429605944,3.433322214,3.67395508 3/31/2022,4.918419119,3.780978172,5.051903114,2.913361806,4.627841657,4.037136025,3.157517961,2.879929109 4/30/2022,4.875063108,4.05588964,4.676507104,3.078035232,4.708662451,4.591024079,3.723757471,3.014184397 5/31/2022,4.746145997,3.94791447,4.472887421,2.967967208,4.550603407,4.506818606,3.493405306,3.980539584 6/30/2022,4.475319225,3.631116091,3.471842537,2.392417062,4.490133009,4.477194292,3.262721562,2.25430971 7/31/2022,4.277021825,3.591046647,3.668478261,2.614157827,4.430106599,4.47927293,3.044585024,1.988885639 8/31/2022,4.112724655,3.589888548,2.867965368,2.223472066,4.764374149,4.34742392,3.163506513,1.838610827 9/30/2022,3.947029911,3.88483494,2.230283488,2.581807265,5.008643042,4.704251386,3.563244441,2.43045388 10/31/2022,3.588304188,2.889525221,0.876843364,1.504991805,3.882893472,3.734934238,2.816231507,1.481911957 11/30/2022,3.323123119,2.807781128,0.874867444,1.217927296,3.721445147,3.522639009,2.836011094,2.47574924 12/31/2022,3.023443708,2.413495957,0.581395349,0.573097685,3.442574299,3.331664467,2.507095553,1.139149243 1/31/2023,3.172370579,3.249940148,1.272028621,1.717152946,4.262378765,3.712814906,3.427515052,1.993067591 2/28/2023,2.773138206,2.578913704,1.124189922,1.003245795,3.381550965,2.83231268,2.994368503,1.606886657 3/31/2023,2.534187752,2.691073464,0.948616601,1.604416778,3.200436232,3.353163872,2.964211361,1.6221648 4/30/2023,2.533598871,2.308373512,1.120189773,1.395245829,2.946400585,2.606826122,2.349059391,1.57773953 5/31/2023,2.540018956,2.218048065,1.159267554,1.367489864,2.810709449,2.475756357,2.445505093,0.467886006 6/30/2023,2.414865965,2.653307296,1.690885073,2.043990224,2.999292816,2.754218373,2.795153426,2.521613833 7/31/2023,2.073341262,1.80289791,0.589777195,0.890729812,2.097324104,2.298952601,2.037422037,1.67765988 8/31/2023,2.048525258,1.805506828,0.355076276,0.942669552,2.114012292,2.521939544,1.879387676,1.86273105 9/30/2023,2.03926115,1.698385853,0.683401235,0.643839625,2.002140006,2.378850737,1.818800759,1.901086335 10/31/2023,1.907119697,1.722393056,0.803371526,0.579859072,1.806138402,2.871532073,1.833365797,2.219040802 11/30/2023,1.854626837,1.654583118,0.643889619,0.487912249,1.804224225,3.023214759,1.742151813,1.313930489 12/31/2023,1.952803469,1.721024459,0.709406201,0.562479321,1.758268782,2.920318901,1.797294343,2.723125178 1/31/2024,1.800701673,1.457564457,0.562606306,0.171739686,1.503467972,3.087938153,1.429917152,1.996601529 2/29/2024,1.764478266,1.409066365,0.693172901,0.189891908,1.376810118,2.955729737,1.450043357,1.89212087 3/31/2024,1.868484466,1.385350829,0.326285565,0.06928996,1.158371776,2.912960056,1.819757366,1.709280972 4/30/2024,1.755807672,1.552281296,0.364915939,0.127411722,1.337663656,3.466038065,1.927055767,1.46851172 5/31/2024,1.696547209,1.678181085,0.651126449,0.272717356,1.501702335,3.554140683,1.96685879,1.707592436 6/30/2024,1.615745993,1.535259909,0.246817355,0.261267146,1.357027464,3.497111082,1.851896217,0.899508082 7/31/2024,1.588236424,1.656568755,0.325732899,0.439616335,1.608986035,3.561822126,1.800182176,1.114088281 8/31/2024,1.501716521,1.601179346,0.956624296,0.526889535,1.506735877,3.337512429,1.658093073,1.125334084 9/30/2024,1.484677692,1.585278826,0.887612583,0.828729282,1.476669827,3.198689486,1.573768926,0.827605555 10/31/2024,1.38555907,1.53442899,0.940684609,0.890315989,1.53162255,2.653955166,1.621040048,0.504201681
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