St. George, Utah Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for St George fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 8.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.0 percentage points higher than the Utah rate. The unemployment rate in St George peaked in January 2010 at 10.6% and is now 2.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare St George unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Utah	6.0%	-0.4	-1.5
St George	8.0%	-0.4	-2.1

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: 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 1,866 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
St George	4,443	-230	-1,465

Number of Unemployed Persons

St George, Utah Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Utah Unemployment Rate	St George Unemployment Rate	St George Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	6.0%	8.0%	4,443
November 2011	8.7%	6.4%	8.4%	4,673
October 2011	8.9%	7.0%	9.0%	5,027
September 2011	9.0%	7.4%	9.3%	5,248
August 2011	9.1%	7.6%	9.4%	5,294
July 2011	9.1%	7.5%	9.5%	5,377
June 2011	9.1%	7.4%	9.4%	5,337
May 2011	9.0%	7.3%	9.3%	5,344
April 2011	9.0%	7.4%	9.2%	5,353
March 2011	8.9%	7.6%	9.4%	5,453
February 2011	9.0%	7.7%	9.7%	5,616
January 2011	9.1%	7.6%	9.9%	5,766