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Yuma, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuma fell 0.5 percentage points in January 2023 to 16.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 12.3 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Yuma peaked in September 2013 at 25.7% and is now 9.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 12.0% in October 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 4.1 percentage points. You can also compare Yuma unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Arizona 3.8% -0.2 +0.2
Yuma 16.1% -0.5 +3.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February 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 24,707. There are now 8,205 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 10,869 in October 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5,633. Yuma employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuma, Arizona) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Yuma 16,502 -661 +4,225

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yuma, Arizona Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arizona
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployed
February
2023		 3.6% — — —
January
2023		 3.4% 3.8% 16.1% 16,502
December
2022		 3.5% 4.0% 16.6% 17,163
November
2022		 3.6% 4.0% 16.3% 16,744
October
2022		 3.7% 4.1% 15.7% 15,839
September
2022		 3.5% 4.0% 15.0% 15,016
August
2022		 3.7% 4.0% 14.7% 14,539
July
2022		 3.5% 3.9% 14.1% 13,815
June
2022		 3.6% 3.8% 14.0% 13,664
May
2022		 3.6% 3.7% 13.9% 13,483
April
2022		 3.6% 3.6% 13.8% 13,340
March
2022		 3.6% 3.6% 13.5% 13,041

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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