Farmington, New Mexico Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Farmington fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the New Mexico rate. The unemployment rate in Farmington peaked in February 2010 at 9.7% and is now 3.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Farmington unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
New Mexico	6.6%	+0.1	-2.0
Farmington	6.5%	-0.1	-2.8

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: Farmington, New Mexico, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Farmington, New Mexico Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Farmington peaked in April 2010 at 5,542. There are now 1,929 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Farmington employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Farmington, New Mexico) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Farmington	3,613	-41	-1,616

Number of Unemployed Persons

Farmington, New Mexico Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	New Mexico Unemployment Rate	Farmington Unemployment Rate	Farmington Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.6%	6.5%	3,613
November 2011	8.7%	6.5%	6.6%	3,654
October 2011	8.9%	6.6%	6.7%	3,732
September 2011	9.0%	6.6%	6.8%	3,785
August 2011	9.1%	6.6%	6.8%	3,803
July 2011	9.1%	6.7%	7.0%	3,927
June 2011	9.1%	6.8%	7.4%	4,127
May 2011	9.0%	6.9%	7.6%	4,276
April 2011	9.0%	7.6%	8.3%	4,679
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	8.9%	5,014
February 2011	9.0%	8.7%	9.4%	5,304
January 2011	9.1%	8.7%	9.3%	5,274