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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colorado Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Denver fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Denver peaked in April 2020 at 12.3% and is now 5.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Denver unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Colorado 6.4% 0.0 +3.9
Denver 6.6% -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: Denver, Colorado, National

Denver, Colorado monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Denver, Colorado Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Denver peaked in April 2020 at 201,537. There are now 88,851 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 112,210 in September 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 476. Denver employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Denver, Colorado) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Denver 112,686 -651 +71,697

Number of Unemployed Persons

Denver, Colorado Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Colorado
Unemployment Rate		 Denver
Unemployment Rate		 Denver
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.4% 6.6% 112,686
October
2020		 6.9% 6.4% 6.7% 113,337
September
2020		 7.8% 6.4% 6.7% 112,210
August
2020		 8.4% 6.7% 7.2% 120,779
July
2020		 10.2% 7.4% 7.9% 130,556
June
2020		 11.1% 10.6% 11.0% 186,443
May
2020		 13.3% 10.2% 10.6% 174,016
April
2020		 14.8% 12.2% 12.3% 201,537
March
2020		 4.4% 5.2% 4.9% 81,334
February
2020		 3.5% 2.5% 2.4% 41,296
January
2020		 3.5% 2.5% 2.4% 41,078

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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