Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Saginaw fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Saginaw peaked in December 2009 at 12.7% and is now 3.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Saginaw 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
Saginaw	8.8%	-0.3	-2.2

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: Saginaw, Michigan, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Saginaw, Michigan Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Saginaw peaked in January 2010 at 11,754. There are now 3,750 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Saginaw employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Saginaw, Michigan) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Saginaw	8,004	-277	-2,028

Number of Unemployed Persons

Saginaw, Michigan Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Michigan Unemployment Rate	Saginaw Unemployment Rate	Saginaw Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.3%	8.8%	8,004
November 2011	8.7%	9.8%	9.1%	8,281
October 2011	8.9%	10.6%	9.6%	8,790
September 2011	9.0%	11.1%	9.8%	9,051
August 2011	9.1%	11.2%	9.8%	9,027
July 2011	9.1%	10.9%	9.5%	8,772
June 2011	9.1%	10.5%	9.5%	8,766
May 2011	9.0%	10.3%	9.4%	8,656
April 2011	9.0%	10.2%	9.5%	8,772
March 2011	8.9%	10.3%	9.8%	8,997
February 2011	9.0%	10.4%	10.2%	9,319
January 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.7%	9,717