Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lake Havasu City fell 0.3 percentage points in October 2018 to 5.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Lake Havasu City peaked in January 2010 at 13.5% and is now 8.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.2% in May 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Lake Havasu City unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Arizona	4.7%	+0.1	0.0
Lake Havasu City	5.4%	-0.3	-0.2

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Lake Havasu City, Arizona, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lake Havasu City, Arizona Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lake Havasu City peaked in January 2010 at 11,316. There are now 6,681 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,371 in May 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 264. Lake Havasu City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lake Havasu City, Arizona) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Lake Havasu City	4,635	-240	+6

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lake Havasu City, Arizona Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Arizona Unemployment Rate	Lake Havasu City Unemployment Rate	Lake Havasu City Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	4.7%	5.4%	4,635
September 2018	3.7%	4.6%	5.7%	4,875
August 2018	3.9%	4.6%	5.7%	4,798
July 2018	3.9%	4.6%	5.6%	4,702
June 2018	4.0%	4.7%	5.5%	4,634
May 2018	3.8%	4.7%	5.2%	4,371
April 2018	3.9%	4.9%	5.6%	4,715
March 2018	4.1%	4.9%	5.7%	4,777
February 2018	4.1%	4.9%	5.9%	5,007
January 2018	4.1%	4.8%	5.9%	4,927
December 2017	4.1%	4.7%	5.9%	4,925