Santa Fe, New Mexico Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Santa Fe fell 0.1 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.4 percentage points lower than the New Mexico rate. The unemployment rate in Santa Fe peaked in December 2010 at 7.3% and is now 2.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Santa Fe 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
Santa Fe	5.2%	-0.1	-2.1

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: Santa Fe, New Mexico, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Santa Fe, New Mexico Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Santa Fe peaked in January 2011 at 5,653. There are now 1,686 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Santa Fe employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Santa Fe	3,967	-43	-1,684

Number of Unemployed Persons

Santa Fe, New Mexico Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	New Mexico Unemployment Rate	Santa Fe Unemployment Rate	Santa Fe Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.6%	5.2%	3,967
November 2011	8.7%	6.5%	5.3%	4,010
October 2011	8.9%	6.6%	5.4%	4,101
September 2011	9.0%	6.6%	5.5%	4,121
August 2011	9.1%	6.6%	5.5%	4,124
July 2011	9.1%	6.7%	5.6%	4,279
June 2011	9.1%	6.8%	5.8%	4,456
May 2011	9.0%	6.9%	5.9%	4,569
April 2011	9.0%	7.6%	6.4%	4,962
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.8%	5,317
February 2011	9.0%	8.7%	7.3%	5,645
January 2011	9.1%	8.7%	7.3%	5,653