Terre Haute, Indiana Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed Terre Haute, Indiana Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed tag:www.deptofnumbers.com,2012-02-02:/unemployment/indiana/terre-haute 2012-02-02T08:54:16-08:00 The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Terre Haute rose 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points higher than the Indiana rate. The unemployment rate in Terre Haute peaked in January 2010 at 11.5% and is now 1.0 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 9.4% in April 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.1 percentage points. You can also compare Terre Haute unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
National 8.5% -0.2 -0.9
Indiana 9.0% 0.0 -0.5
Terre Haute 10.5% +0.1 -0.2
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: Terre Haute, Indiana, National

Terre Haute, Indiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Terre Haute, Indiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Terre Haute peaked in February 2010 at 9,210. There are now 868 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 7,375 in April 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 967. Terre Haute employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Terre Haute, Indiana) is also available.

Unemployed Persons December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
Terre Haute 8,342 +48 -118

Number of Unemployed Persons

Terre Haute, Indiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Indiana
Unemployment Rate		 Terre Haute
Unemployment Rate		 Terre Haute
Unemployed
January
2012		 8.3% — — —
December
2011		 8.5% 9.0% 10.5% 8,342
November
2011		 8.7% 9.0% 10.4% 8,294
October
2011		 8.9% 9.0% 10.3% 8,256
September
2011		 9.0% 8.9% 10.1% 8,094
August
2011		 9.1% 8.7% 9.9% 7,876
July
2011		 9.1% 8.5% 9.7% 7,665
June
2011		 9.1% 8.3% 9.5% 7,473
May
2011		 9.0% 8.2% 9.4% 7,428
April
2011		 9.0% 8.2% 9.4% 7,375
March
2011		 8.9% 8.5% 9.6% 7,547
February
2011		 9.0% 8.8% 10.0% 7,860
January
2011		 9.1% 9.1% 10.3% 8,127

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. ↩

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