Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fort Collins fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points lower than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Fort Collins peaked in February 2011 at 7.7% and is now 1.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Fort Collins unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Colorado	7.9%	-0.1	-1.0
Fort Collins	6.4%	-0.1	-1.0

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: Fort Collins, Colorado, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Fort Collins, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Fort Collins peaked in February 2011 at 13,579. There are now 2,045 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fort Collins employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fort Collins, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Fort Collins	11,534	-122	-1,413

Number of Unemployed Persons

Fort Collins, Colorado Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Colorado Unemployment Rate	Fort Collins Unemployment Rate	Fort Collins Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.9%	6.4%	11,534
November 2011	8.7%	8.0%	6.5%	11,656
October 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.7%	11,844
September 2011	9.0%	8.3%	6.7%	11,880
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.8%	11,997
July 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.8%	11,939
June 2011	9.1%	8.5%	6.8%	12,033
May 2011	9.0%	8.7%	7.0%	12,328
April 2011	9.0%	8.8%	7.2%	12,739
March 2011	8.9%	9.2%	7.6%	13,353
February 2011	9.0%	9.3%	7.7%	13,579
January 2011	9.1%	9.1%	7.6%	13,319