Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cleveland fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cleveland peaked in September 2009 at 9.5% and is now 2.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cleveland 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
Cleveland	7.4%	-0.3	-1.7

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: Cleveland, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cleveland, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cleveland peaked in September 2009 at 101,739. There are now 20,598 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cleveland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cleveland, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cleveland	81,141	-3,112	-17,928

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cleveland, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	7.4%	81,141
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	7.7%	84,253
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	8.0%	87,057
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	8.0%	87,229
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	8.1%	87,034
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	7.9%	84,981
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	7.7%	83,296
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	7.7%	83,721
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	7.9%	85,232
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	8.1%	87,794
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	8.4%	91,047
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	8.8%	94,871