Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lansing fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.0 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Lansing peaked in October 2009 at 11.1% and is now 3.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lansing unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Michigan	9.3%	-0.5	-1.8
Lansing	7.3%	-0.2	-1.8

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: Lansing, Michigan, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lansing, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lansing peaked in November 2009 at 26,852. There are now 9,465 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Lansing employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lansing, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Lansing	17,387	-675	-4,543

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lansing, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Lansing Unemployment Rate	Lansing Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.3%	7.3%	17,387
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	7.5%	18,062
October 2011	8.9%	10.6%	8.0%	19,065
September 2011	9.0%	11.1%	8.2%	19,823
August 2011	9.1%	11.2%	8.3%	20,047
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	8.1%	19,749
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	8.1%	19,763
May 2011	9.0%	10.3%	8.0%	19,465
April 2011	9.0%	10.2%	8.1%	19,708
March 2011	8.9%	10.3%	8.1%	19,868
February 2011	9.0%	10.4%	8.3%	20,166
January 2011	9.1%	10.7%	8.7%	21,028