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Yuma, Arizona Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Yuma rose 0.2 percentage points in November 2020 to 14.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 6.7 percentage points higher than the Arizona rate. The unemployment rate in Yuma peaked in October 2013 at 25.7% and is now 11.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 10.9% in August 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 3.6 percentage points. You can also compare Yuma 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
Yuma 14.5% +0.2 -2.0
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: 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 April 2020 at 24,790. There are now 11,116 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 4,131. Yuma employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Yuma, Arizona) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Yuma 13,674 +198 -2,901

Number of Unemployed Persons

Yuma, Arizona Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Arizona
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployment Rate		 Yuma
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 7.8% 14.5% 13,674
October
2020		 6.9% 7.9% 14.3% 13,476
September
2020		 7.8% 6.5% 14.2% 13,416
August
2020		 8.4% 5.9% 10.9% 9,543
July
2020		 10.2% 10.7% 21.0% 20,574
June
2020		 11.1% 10.0% 18.1% 17,144
May
2020		 13.3% 9.0% 18.0% 16,946
April
2020		 14.8% 13.4% 25.0% 24,790
March
2020		 4.4% 6.1% 20.7% 21,224
February
2020		 3.5% 4.5% 16.4% 16,451
January
2020		 3.5% 4.5% 16.5% 16,507

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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