Dover, Delaware Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Dover fell 0.6 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Delaware rate. The unemployment rate in Dover peaked in May 2020 at 17.3% and is now 11.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Dover unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Delaware | 5.1% | -0.5 | +1.1 |
Dover | 5.6% | -0.6 | +1.2 |
Unemployment Rate: Dover, Delaware, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Dover, Delaware Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Dover peaked in May 2020 at 13,786. There are now 9,334 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Dover employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Dover, Delaware) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Dover | 4,452 | -518 | +909 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Dover, Delaware Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Delaware Unemployment Rate |
Dover Unemployment Rate |
Dover Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 5.1% | 5.6% | 4,452 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 4,970 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.3% | 8.9% | 7,402 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 8.9% | 9.6% | 8,257 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 10.5% | 11.4% | 9,858 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 12.6% | 13.7% | 11,432 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 15.9% | 17.3% | 13,786 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 14.9% | 16.2% | 12,587 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 5.0% | 5.7% | 4,452 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 3,420 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 4.0% | 4.4% | 3,487 |
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. ↩