Pueblo, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Pueblo fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.9 percentage points higher than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Pueblo peaked in March 2011 at 10.9% and is now 1.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Pueblo 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
Pueblo	9.8%	-0.1	-0.7

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: Pueblo, Colorado, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Pueblo, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Pueblo peaked in March 2011 at 8,151. There are now 596 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Pueblo employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Pueblo, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Pueblo	7,555	-88	-265

Number of Unemployed Persons

Pueblo, Colorado Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Colorado Unemployment Rate	Pueblo Unemployment Rate	Pueblo Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.9%	9.8%	7,555
November 2011	8.7%	8.0%	9.9%	7,643
October 2011	8.9%	8.1%	10.1%	7,710
September 2011	9.0%	8.3%	10.2%	7,796
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	10.3%	7,796
July 2011	9.1%	8.5%	10.3%	7,830
June 2011	9.1%	8.5%	10.4%	7,789
May 2011	9.0%	8.7%	10.5%	7,885
April 2011	9.0%	8.8%	10.6%	7,940
March 2011	8.9%	9.2%	10.9%	8,151
February 2011	9.0%	9.3%	10.8%	8,068
January 2011	9.1%	9.1%	10.7%	7,944