Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cincinnati fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cincinnati peaked in January 2010 at 10.1% and is now 1.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cincinnati 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
Cincinnati	8.2%	-0.4	-1.2

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: Cincinnati, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cincinnati peaked in February 2010 at 113,344. There are now 22,323 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cincinnati employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cincinnati, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cincinnati	91,021	-4,325	-13,881

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Cincinnati Unemployment Rate	Cincinnati Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	8.2%	91,021
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	8.6%	95,346
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	8.9%	99,961
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	9.0%	100,615
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	8.9%	100,231
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	8.9%	99,881
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	8.8%	98,622
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	8.7%	97,580
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	8.8%	98,060
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	9.0%	100,815
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	9.3%	103,522
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	9.4%	104,422