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Janet Cowell (Democratic) has been Mayor of Raleigh since 1 Jan 2024. Unemployment rate: 3.2% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 0.2 percentage points higher than when Janet Cowell took office in January 2024, while North Carolina's held still. On pay growth Raleigh is 10th of the 116 cities, on the fall in unemployment 54th of 117. On violent crime rate the two part most: −147 per 100,000 in Raleigh, −86 per 100,000 for North Carolina. Over Mary-Ann Baldwin's tenure, 2019 to 2024, the violent crime rate moved +117 per 100,000. Typical home value is down 3.4% since day zero (1.2% a year).
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