Columbus, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Columbus fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 7.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Columbus peaked in December 2009 at 9.1% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Columbus 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
Columbus	7.1%	-0.4	-1.1

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: Columbus, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Columbus, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Columbus peaked in January 2010 at 87,762. There are now 20,299 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Columbus employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Columbus, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Columbus	67,463	-3,664	-11,778

Number of Unemployed Persons

Columbus, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Columbus Unemployment Rate	Columbus Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	7.1%	67,463
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	7.5%	71,127
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	7.8%	74,926
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	7.9%	75,625
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	7.9%	75,385
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	7.7%	74,507
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	7.6%	73,227
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	7.4%	71,855
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	7.4%	71,708
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	7.7%	74,276
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	8.0%	77,067
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	8.1%	78,353