Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Oklahoma City fell 0.0 percentage points in December 2011 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Oklahoma rate. The unemployment rate in Oklahoma City peaked in December 2009 at 6.9% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.9% in May 2011, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare Oklahoma City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Oklahoma	6.1%	0.0	-0.7
Oklahoma City	5.7%	0.0	-0.7

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: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Oklahoma City peaked in January 2010 at 39,110. There are now 6,373 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 27,367 in May 2011, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5,370. Oklahoma City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Oklahoma City	32,737	+31	-3,649

Number of Unemployed Persons

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployment Rate	Oklahoma City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.1%	5.7%	32,737
November 2011	8.7%	6.1%	5.7%	32,706
October 2011	8.9%	6.1%	5.7%	32,291
September 2011	9.0%	5.9%	5.5%	30,988
August 2011	9.1%	5.6%	5.2%	29,058
July 2011	9.1%	5.6%	5.1%	28,736
June 2011	9.1%	5.4%	4.9%	27,723
May 2011	9.0%	5.3%	4.9%	27,367
April 2011	9.0%	5.6%	5.2%	29,368
March 2011	8.9%	6.1%	5.6%	31,755
February 2011	9.0%	6.5%	6.1%	34,423
January 2011	9.1%	6.6%	6.2%	35,266