Carson City, Nevada Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed Carson City, Nevada Metropolitan Unemployment Rate and Total Unemployed tag:www.deptofnumbers.com,2012-02-02:/unemployment/nevada/carson-city 2012-02-02T08:54:16-08:00 The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Carson City fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 12.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Nevada rate. The unemployment rate in Carson City peaked in April 2010 at 14.2% and is now 2.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 11.8% in May 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Carson City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
National 8.5% -0.2 -0.9
Nevada 12.6% -0.4 -2.3
Carson City 12.1% -0.4 -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: Carson City, Nevada, National

Carson City, Nevada monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Carson City, Nevada Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Carson City peaked in April 2010 at 4,075. There are now 774 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,260 in May 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 41. Carson City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Carson City, Nevada) is also available.

Unemployed Persons December 2011 Month/Month Year/Year
Carson City 3,301 -120 -652

Number of Unemployed Persons

Carson City, Nevada Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Nevada
Unemployment Rate		 Carson City
Unemployment Rate		 Carson City
Unemployed
January
2012		 8.3% — — —
December
2011		 8.5% 12.6% 12.1% 3,301
November
2011		 8.7% 13.0% 12.5% 3,421
October
2011		 8.9% 13.4% 12.8% 3,512
September
2011		 9.0% 13.4% 12.8% 3,514
August
2011		 9.1% 13.4% 12.7% 3,524
July
2011		 9.1% 12.9% 12.4% 3,432
June
2011		 9.1% 12.4% 12.0% 3,330
May
2011		 9.0% 12.1% 11.8% 3,260
April
2011		 9.0% 12.5% 12.1% 3,340
March
2011		 8.9% 13.2% 12.6% 3,508
February
2011		 9.0% 13.6% 12.8% 3,583
January
2011		 9.1% 14.2% 13.3% 3,731

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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