Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Urban Honolulu fell 0.7 percentage points in May 2020 to 20.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.5 percentage points lower than the Hawaii rate. The unemployment rate in Urban Honolulu peaked in April 2020 at 20.7% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Urban Honolulu unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Hawaii	23.5%	-0.3	+20.8
Urban Honolulu	20.0%	-0.7	+17.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Urban Honolulu peaked in April 2020 at 86,377. There are now 2,140 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Urban Honolulu employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Urban Honolulu, Hawaii) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Urban Honolulu	84,237	-2,140	+72,347

Number of Unemployed Persons

Urban Honolulu, Hawaii Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Hawaii Unemployment Rate	Urban Honolulu Unemployment Rate	Urban Honolulu Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	13.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	23.5%	20.0%	84,237
April 2020	14.7%	23.8%	20.7%	86,377
March 2020	4.4%	2.4%	2.2%	9,871
February 2020	3.5%	2.7%	2.5%	11,558
January 2020	3.6%	2.7%	2.5%	11,452
December 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.4%	10,948
November 2019	3.5%	2.6%	2.5%	11,100
October 2019	3.6%	2.7%	2.5%	11,271
September 2019	3.5%	2.7%	2.5%	11,456
August 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.6%	11,631
July 2019	3.7%	2.7%	2.6%	11,773