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Prescott, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Prescott fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Prescott peaked in April 2020 at 14.5% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.1% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.8 percentage points. You can also compare Prescott unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Arizona 7.8% -0.1 +3.3
Prescott 6.9% 0.0 +2.6
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: Prescott, Arizona, National

Prescott, Arizona monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Prescott, Arizona Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Prescott peaked in April 2020 at 15,825. There are now 8,300 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,288 in August 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,237. Prescott employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Prescott, Arizona) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Prescott 7,525 +15 +2,922

Number of Unemployed Persons

Prescott, Arizona Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arizona
Unemployment Rate		 Prescott
Unemployment Rate		 Prescott
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 7.8% 6.9% 7,525
October
2020		 6.9% 7.9% 6.9% 7,510
September
2020		 7.8% 6.5% 5.6% 5,975
August
2020		 8.4% 5.9% 5.1% 5,288
July
2020		 10.2% 10.7% 9.5% 10,232
June
2020		 11.1% 10.0% 9.1% 9,651
May
2020		 13.3% 9.0% 8.8% 9,619
April
2020		 14.8% 13.4% 14.5% 15,825
March
2020		 4.4% 6.1% 5.9% 6,287
February
2020		 3.5% 4.5% 4.2% 4,548
January
2020		 3.5% 4.5% 4.2% 4,578

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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