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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
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: Hot Springs, Arkansas, National

Hot Springs, Arkansas monthly unemployment rate chart

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. ↩

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