Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lake Havasu City rose 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Lake Havasu City peaked in September 2009 at 11.4% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 9.7% in November 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Lake Havasu City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Arizona	8.7%	0.0	-0.9
Lake Havasu City	9.8%	+0.1	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Lake Havasu City, Arizona, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lake Havasu City, Arizona Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lake Havasu City peaked in December 2009 at 10,578. There are now 1,680 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 8,836 in November 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 62.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Lake Havasu City	8,898	+62	-1,157

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lake Havasu City, Arizona Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Arizona Unemployment Rate	Lake Havasu City Unemployment Rate	Lake Havasu City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	9.8%	8,898
November 2011	8.7%	8.7%	9.7%	8,836
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	9.9%	8,999
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	10.1%	9,170
August 2011	9.1%	9.3%	10.4%	9,482
July 2011	9.1%	9.4%	10.7%	9,773
June 2011	9.1%	9.3%	10.8%	9,938
May 2011	9.0%	9.1%	10.7%	9,839
April 2011	9.0%	9.3%	10.7%	9,846
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	10.7%	9,786
February 2011	9.0%	9.6%	10.6%	9,766
January 2011	9.1%	9.6%	10.7%	9,835