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Yuma, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuma fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2023 to 12.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 9.1 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Yuma peaked in September 2013 at 25.7% and is now 13.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 12.1% in May 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare Yuma unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.5% -0.1 -0.1
Arizona 3.5% -0.2 -0.1
Yuma 12.6% -0.2 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with March 2023 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Yuma, Arizona, National

Yuma, Arizona monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Yuma, Arizona Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Yuma peaked in September 2013 at 24,708. There are now 12,316 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 11,643 in January 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 749. Yuma employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuma, Arizona) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Yuma 12,392 -171 +614

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yuma, Arizona Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arizona
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployed
April
2023		 3.4% — — —
March
2023		 3.5% 3.5% 12.6% 12,392
February
2023		 3.6% 3.7% 12.8% 12,563
January
2023		 3.4% 3.8% 12.9% 12,757
December
2022		 3.5% 4.0% 13.1% 12,898
November
2022		 3.6% 4.0% 13.1% 12,945
October
2022		 3.7% 4.1% 13.1% 12,915
September
2022		 3.5% 4.0% 12.9% 12,661
August
2022		 3.7% 4.0% 12.6% 12,309
July
2022		 3.5% 3.9% 12.3% 11,964
June
2022		 3.6% 3.8% 12.1% 11,737
May
2022		 3.6% 3.7% 12.1% 11,685

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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