Canton-Massillon, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Canton fell 0.5 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Canton peaked in January 2010 at 12.3% and is now 3.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Canton unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Ohio	8.1%	-0.4	-1.4
Canton	8.7%	-0.5	-1.9

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: Canton, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Canton, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Canton peaked in January 2010 at 25,016. There are now 7,735 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Canton employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Canton, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Canton	17,281	-1,143	-4,148

Number of Unemployed Persons

Canton, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Canton Unemployment Rate	Canton Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	8.7%	17,281
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	9.2%	18,424
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	9.7%	19,462
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.8%	19,606
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	9.8%	19,745
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	9.8%	19,566
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	9.5%	19,069
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	9.4%	18,782
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	9.4%	18,820
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	9.7%	19,607
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	10.1%	20,407
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	10.4%	20,953