Columbus, Ohio Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate for the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area was 9.0% in December 2009. The Ohio state unemployment rate was 10.9% and the national unemployment rate was 10.0% for the same month. Note: All comparisons are made with December data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.
| Unemployment Rate | December 2009 |
Month/Month (Points) |
Year/Year (Points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 10.0% | 0.0 | +2.6 |
| Ohio | 10.9% | +0.3 | +3.5 |
| Columbus | 9.0% | +0.5 | +2.7 |
Unemployment Rate: Columbus, Ohio, National
Note: Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. Recessions shown in gray.
Metro, State and National Unemployment Rate History for the Last Year
| Date |
National Unemployment Rate |
Ohio Unemployment Rate |
Columbus Unemployment Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2010 | 9.7% | — | — |
| January 2010 | 9.7% | — | — |
| December 2009 | 10.0% | 10.9% | 9.0% |
| November 2009 | 10.0% | 10.6% | 8.5% |
| October 2009 | 10.1% | 10.5% | 8.4% |
| September 2009 | 9.8% | 10.1% | 8.2% |
| August 2009 | 9.7% | 10.8% | 8.8% |
| July 2009 | 9.4% | 11.2% | 9.3% |
| June 2009 | 9.5% | 11.1% | 9.1% |
| May 2009 | 9.4% | 10.8% | 8.3% |
| April 2009 | 8.9% | 10.2% | 8.2% |
| March 2009 | 8.6% | 9.7% | 8.1% |
| February 2009 | 8.2% | 9.5% | 7.9% |
