Hot Springs, Arkansas Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Hot Springs fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 7.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points higher than the Arkansas rate. The unemployment rate in Hot Springs peaked in April 2020 at 16.4% and is now 8.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Hot Springs unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Arkansas | 6.2% | 0.0 | +2.7 |
Hot Springs | 7.8% | -0.1 | +4.2 |
Unemployment Rate: Hot Springs, Arkansas, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Hot Springs, Arkansas Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Hot Springs peaked in April 2020 at 6,509. There are now 3,287 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Hot Springs employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Hot Springs, Arkansas) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Hot Springs | 3,222 | -23 | +1,726 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Hot Springs, Arkansas Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Arkansas Unemployment Rate |
Hot Springs Unemployment Rate |
Hot Springs Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.2% | 7.8% | 3,222 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.2% | 7.9% | 3,245 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.2% | 9.7% | 4,074 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.4% | 10.3% | 4,302 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.1% | 9.5% | 3,792 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 8.1% | 10.8% | 4,380 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 9.6% | 13.8% | 5,813 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 10.8% | 16.4% | 6,509 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 5.0% | 5.0% | 2,120 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 1,479 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 1,490 |
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. ↩