Yuma, Arizona Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuma fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2021 to 15.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 8.9 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Yuma peaked in October 2013 at 25.7% and is now 9.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 10.9% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 4.9 percentage points. You can also compare Yuma unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
Arizona | 6.9% | +0.2 | +2.0 |
Yuma | 15.8% | -0.1 | -0.6 |
Unemployment Rate: Yuma, Arizona, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Yuma, Arizona Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Yuma peaked in April 2020 at 24,790. There are now 9,513 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 9,543 in August 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5,734. Yuma employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuma, Arizona) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Yuma | 15,277 | -47 | -1,174 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Yuma, Arizona Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Arizona Unemployment Rate |
Yuma Unemployment Rate |
Yuma Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 6.9% | 15.8% | 15,277 |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 6.7% | 15.9% | 15,324 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 6.8% | 15.0% | 13,730 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.8% | 14.5% | 13,705 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.8% | 14.3% | 13,476 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.9% | 14.2% | 13,416 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.0% | 10.9% | 9,543 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 10.4% | 21.0% | 20,574 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.7% | 18.1% | 17,144 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 10.6% | 18.0% | 16,946 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 14.2% | 25.0% | 24,790 |
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. ↩