Cleveland, Tennessee Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cleveland fell 0.5 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.8%. 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 1.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cleveland unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Tennessee	8.7%	-0.4	-0.7
Cleveland	8.8%	-0.5	-0.6

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: 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 776 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cleveland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cleveland, Tennessee) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cleveland	4,819	-318	-316

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cleveland, Tennessee Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Tennessee Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployment Rate	Cleveland Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	8.7%	8.8%	4,819
November 2011	8.7%	9.1%	9.3%	5,137
October 2011	8.9%	9.5%	9.8%	5,407
September 2011	9.0%	9.8%	10.0%	5,592
August 2011	9.1%	9.7%	9.9%	5,527
July 2011	9.1%	9.8%	9.8%	5,530
June 2011	9.1%	9.8%	9.7%	5,523
May 2011	9.0%	9.7%	9.5%	5,379
April 2011	9.0%	9.6%	9.4%	5,285
March 2011	8.9%	9.5%	9.3%	5,202
February 2011	9.0%	9.5%	9.5%	5,271
January 2011	9.1%	9.4%	9.5%	5,209