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Flint, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Flint fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2013 to 9.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Flint peaked in May 2009 at 15.4% and is now 6.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Flint unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.6% -0.1 -0.6
Michigan 8.5% -0.3 -0.5
Flint 9.0% -0.3 -0.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2013 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Flint, Michigan, National

Flint, Michigan monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Flint, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Flint peaked in May 2009 at 30,724. There are now 14,074 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Flint employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Flint, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Flint 16,650 -351 -1,098

Number of Unemployed Persons

Flint, Michigan Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate 		Michigan
Unemployment Rate 		Flint
Unemployment Rate 		Flint
Unemployed
April
2013 		7.5% 8.4% — —
March
2013 		7.6% 8.5% 9.0% 16,650
February
2013 		7.7% 8.8% 9.3% 17,001
January
2013 		7.9% 8.9% 9.2% 16,832
December
2012 		7.8% 8.9% 9.2% 16,821
November
2012 		7.8% 9.0% 9.2% 16,907
October
2012 		7.9% 9.1% 9.3% 17,008
September
2012 		7.8% 9.2% 9.3% 17,130
August
2012 		8.1% 9.3% 9.4% 17,255
July
2012 		8.2% 9.3% 9.4% 17,370
June
2012 		8.2% 9.3% 9.5% 17,470
May
2012 		8.2% 9.2% 9.5% 17,564
April
2012 		8.1% 9.1% 9.5% 17,652

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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