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Evansville, Indiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Evansville fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2023 to 3.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Indiana rate. The unemployment rate in Evansville peaked in April 2020 at 15.4% and is now 11.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.9% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare Evansville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Indiana 3.7% +0.1 +0.5
Evansville 3.5% 0.0 +0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Evansville, Indiana, National

Evansville, Indiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Evansville, Indiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Evansville peaked in April 2020 at 23,542. There are now 17,954 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,545 in January 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,043.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Evansville 5,588 +49 +832

Number of Unemployed Persons

Evansville, Indiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Indiana
Unemployment Rate
Evansville
Unemployment Rate
Evansville
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 3.7% 3.5% 5,588
October
2023
3.8% 3.6% 3.5% 5,539
September
2023
3.8% 3.6% 3.4% 5,472
August
2023
3.8% 3.4% 3.3% 5,290
July
2023
3.5% 3.3% 3.2% 5,106
June
2023
3.6% 3.2% 3.1% 4,885
May
2023
3.7% 3.1% 3.0% 4,780
April
2023
3.4% 3.0% 2.9% 4,571
March
2023
3.5% 3.1% 2.9% 4,577
February
2023
3.6% 3.1% 2.9% 4,566
January
2023
3.4% 3.1% 2.9% 4,604

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.