St. George, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St George fell 0.0 percentage points in March 2012 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points higher than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in St George peaked in January 2010 at 10.6% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 7.3% in February 2012, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare St George unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Utah	5.8%	+0.1	-1.3
St George	7.3%	0.0	-2.1

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: St George, Utah, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

St George, Utah Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in St George peaked in January 2010 at 6,309. There are now 2,238 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,065 in February 2012, the number of unemployed has now grown by 6.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
St George	4,071	+6	-1,382

Number of Unemployed Persons

St George, Utah Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Utah Unemployment Rate	St George Unemployment Rate	St George Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	6.0%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	5.8%	7.3%	4,071
February 2012	8.3%	5.7%	7.3%	4,065
January 2012	8.3%	5.7%	7.6%	4,192
December 2011	8.5%	5.8%	8.0%	4,443
November 2011	8.7%	5.9%	8.4%	4,673
October 2011	8.9%	6.2%	9.0%	5,027
September 2011	9.0%	6.5%	9.3%	5,248
August 2011	9.1%	6.7%	9.4%	5,294
July 2011	9.1%	6.8%	9.5%	5,377
June 2011	9.1%	6.9%	9.4%	5,337
May 2011	9.0%	6.9%	9.3%	5,344
April 2011	9.0%	7.0%	9.2%	5,353