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Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Daphne fell 1.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 3.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Alabama rate. The unemployment rate in Daphne peaked in April 2020 at 16.3% and is now 12.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Daphne unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Alabama 4.4% -1.3 +1.7
Daphne 3.8% -1.1 +1.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Daphne, Alabama, National

Daphne, Alabama monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Daphne, Alabama Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Daphne peaked in April 2020 at 15,262. There are now 11,619 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Daphne 3,643 -1,047 +1,262

Number of Unemployed Persons

Daphne, Alabama Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Alabama
Unemployment Rate		 Daphne
Unemployment Rate		 Daphne
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 4.4% 3.8% 3,643
October
2020		 6.9% 5.7% 4.9% 4,690
September
2020		 7.8% 6.7% 5.7% 5,526
August
2020		 8.4% 5.6% 4.8% 4,625
July
2020		 10.2% 7.9% 7.3% 6,970
June
2020		 11.1% 7.6% 7.3% 6,940
May
2020		 13.3% 9.6% 10.2% 9,696
April
2020		 14.8% 13.8% 16.3% 15,262
March
2020		 4.4% 3.0% 3.0% 2,870
February
2020		 3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 2,294
January
2020		 3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 2,394

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers. ↩

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