Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Mansfield fell 0.6 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Mansfield peaked in July 2009 at 13.1% and is now 3.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Mansfield 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
Mansfield	9.9%	-0.6	-1.6

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: Mansfield, Ohio, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Mansfield peaked in July 2009 at 8,090. There are now 2,297 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Mansfield employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Mansfield, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Mansfield	5,793	-368	-1,210

Number of Unemployed Persons

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Ohio Unemployment Rate	Mansfield Unemployment Rate	Mansfield Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.1%	9.9%	5,793
November 2011	8.7%	8.5%	10.5%	6,161
October 2011	8.9%	9.0%	10.9%	6,475
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	11.1%	6,573
August 2011	9.1%	9.1%	11.1%	6,587
July 2011	9.1%	9.0%	11.0%	6,501
June 2011	9.1%	8.8%	10.6%	6,312
May 2011	9.0%	8.6%	10.4%	6,127
April 2011	9.0%	8.6%	10.3%	6,067
March 2011	8.9%	8.9%	10.5%	6,257
February 2011	9.0%	9.2%	10.9%	6,564
January 2011	9.1%	9.3%	11.2%	6,792