St. Joseph, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St Joseph fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in St Joseph peaked in December 2009 at 9.1% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare St Joseph unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Missouri	8.0%	-0.2	-1.6
St Joseph	7.1%	-0.3	-1.5

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: St Joseph, Missouri, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St Joseph, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St Joseph peaked in September 2009 at 6,274. There are now 1,496 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
St Joseph	4,778	-202	-1,023

Number of Unemployed Persons

St Joseph, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	St Joseph Unemployment Rate	St Joseph Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.0%	7.1%	4,778
November 2011	8.7%	8.2%	7.4%	4,980
October 2011	8.9%	8.5%	7.9%	5,312
September 2011	9.0%	8.7%	8.1%	5,445
August 2011	9.1%	8.8%	8.1%	5,451
July 2011	9.1%	8.7%	7.9%	5,348
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	8.1%	5,471
May 2011	9.0%	8.9%	8.0%	5,505
April 2011	9.0%	8.9%	8.1%	5,557
March 2011	8.9%	9.1%	8.3%	5,679
February 2011	9.0%	9.4%	8.6%	5,861
January 2011	9.1%	9.5%	8.6%	5,874