Fort Collins, Colorado Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Fort Collins fell 0.0 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Colorado rate. The unemployment rate in Fort Collins peaked in April 2020 at 11.2% and is now 5.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.5% in October 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Fort Collins 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 |
Fort Collins | 5.5% | 0.0 | +3.4 |
Unemployment Rate: Fort Collins, Colorado, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Fort Collins, Colorado Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Fort Collins peaked in April 2020 at 22,407. There are now 11,465 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Fort Collins employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Fort Collins, Colorado) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Fort Collins | 10,942 | -58 | +6,471 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Fort Collins, Colorado Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Colorado Unemployment Rate |
Fort Collins Unemployment Rate |
Fort Collins Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 10,942 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.4% | 5.5% | 11,000 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 6.4% | 5.6% | 11,075 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 6.7% | 5.6% | 11,067 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 7.4% | 6.3% | 12,391 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.6% | 9.1% | 18,920 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 10.2% | 8.8% | 17,673 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 12.2% | 11.2% | 22,407 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 9,085 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 4,553 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 2.5% | 2.1% | 4,501 |
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. ↩