Sierra Vista-Douglas, Arizona Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Sierra Vista fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage points lower than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Sierra Vista peaked in April 2020 at 11.3% and is now 4.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.2% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.6 percentage points. You can also compare Sierra Vista 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 |
Sierra Vista | 6.8% | 0.0 | +1.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Sierra Vista, Arizona, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Sierra Vista, Arizona Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Sierra Vista peaked in June 2011 at 5,819. There are now 2,322 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,556 in August 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 941.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Sierra Vista | 3,497 | -12 | +673 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Sierra Vista, Arizona Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Arizona Unemployment Rate |
Sierra Vista Unemployment Rate |
Sierra Vista Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.8% | 6.8% | 3,497 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.9% | 6.8% | 3,509 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.5% | 5.7% | 2,927 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 2,556 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 10.7% | 9.2% | 4,753 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.0% | 8.7% | 4,377 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.0% | 7.5% | 3,869 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 13.4% | 11.3% | 5,716 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 6.1% | 7.4% | 3,834 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 2,808 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 2,822 |
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. ↩