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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
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: Fort Collins, Colorado, National

Fort Collins, Colorado monthly unemployment rate chart

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. ↩

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