Cleveland, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cleveland fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2012 to 8.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Tennessee rate. The unemployment rate in Cleveland peaked in June 2009 at 10.2% and is now 2.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cleveland unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Tennessee	7.9%	-0.1	-1.5
Cleveland	8.0%	-0.3	-1.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Cleveland, Tennessee, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cleveland, Tennessee Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cleveland peaked in June 2009 at 5,595. There are now 1,278 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cleveland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cleveland, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cleveland	4,317	-162	-885

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cleveland, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	7.8%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.9%	8.0%	4,317
February 2012	8.3%	8.0%	8.3%	4,479
January 2012	8.3%	8.2%	8.5%	4,611
December 2011	8.5%	8.5%	8.8%	4,819
November 2011	8.7%	8.7%	9.3%	5,137
October 2011	8.9%	8.9%	9.8%	5,407
September 2011	9.0%	9.1%	10.0%	5,592
August 2011	9.1%	9.2%	9.9%	5,527
July 2011	9.1%	9.4%	9.8%	5,530
June 2011	9.1%	9.4%	9.7%	5,523
May 2011	9.0%	9.4%	9.5%	5,379
April 2011	9.0%	9.4%	9.4%	5,285