St. Louis, Missouri Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate for the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area was 9.8% in December 2009. The Missouri state unemployment rate was 9.6% and the national unemployment rate was 10.0% for the same month. Note: All comparisons are made with December data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate	December 2009	Month/Month (Points)	Year/Year (Points)
National	10.0%	0.0	+2.6
Missouri	9.6%	0.0	+2.0
St. Louis	9.8%	0.0	+2.2

Unemployment Rate: St. Louis, Missouri, National

Note: Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. Recessions shown in gray.

Metro, State and National Unemployment Rate History for the Last Year

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	St. Louis Unemployment Rate
February 2010	9.7%	—	—
January 2010	9.7%	9.5%	—
December 2009	10.0%	9.6%	9.8%
November 2009	10.0%	9.6%	9.8%
October 2009	10.1%	9.7%	9.7%
September 2009	9.8%	9.7%	9.9%
August 2009	9.7%	9.7%	9.9%
July 2009	9.4%	9.7%	9.9%
June 2009	9.5%	9.5%	9.9%
May 2009	9.4%	9.4%	9.0%
April 2009	8.9%	9.1%	8.0%
March 2009	8.6%	8.8%	9.4%
February 2009	8.2%	8.5%	9.2%