Huntsville, Alabama Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Huntsville fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 6.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points lower than the Alabama rate. The unemployment rate in Huntsville peaked in July 2011 at 8.3% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Huntsville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Alabama	7.4%	-0.1	-1.9
Huntsville	6.3%	-0.2	-1.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Huntsville, Alabama, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Huntsville, Alabama Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Huntsville peaked in July 2011 at 17,640. There are now 4,480 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Huntsville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Huntsville, Alabama) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Huntsville	13,160	-436	-2,342

Number of Unemployed Persons

Huntsville, Alabama Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Alabama Unemployment Rate	Huntsville Unemployment Rate	Huntsville Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.2%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.4%	6.3%	13,160
February 2012	8.3%	7.5%	6.5%	13,596
January 2012	8.3%	7.8%	6.8%	14,272
December 2011	8.5%	8.0%	7.2%	15,105
November 2011	8.7%	8.3%	7.7%	16,152
October 2011	8.9%	8.5%	8.1%	17,009
September 2011	9.0%	8.8%	8.3%	17,594
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	8.3%	17,598
July 2011	9.1%	9.2%	8.3%	17,640
June 2011	9.1%	9.3%	8.2%	17,503
May 2011	9.0%	9.3%	7.9%	16,644
April 2011	9.0%	9.2%	7.6%	16,022