Unemployment Rate | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 3.7% | -0.1 | +0.1 |
Indiana | 3.7% | +0.1 | +0.5 |
Bloomington | 3.7% | 0.0 | +0.7 |
Unemployment Rate: Bloomington, Indiana, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Bloomington, Indiana Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Bloomington peaked in April 2020 at 8,038. There are now 5,035 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,032 in December 2021, the number of unemployed has now grown by 971.
Unemployed Persons | November 2023 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Bloomington | 3,003 | +44 | +635 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Bloomington, Indiana Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Indiana Unemployment Rate |
Bloomington Unemployment Rate |
Bloomington Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2023 |
3.7% | — | — | — |
November 2023 |
3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3,003 |
October 2023 |
3.8% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 2,959 |
September 2023 |
3.8% | 3.6% | 3.6% | 2,915 |
August 2023 |
3.8% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 2,852 |
July 2023 |
3.5% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2,766 |
June 2023 |
3.6% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 2,599 |
May 2023 |
3.7% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 2,544 |
April 2023 |
3.4% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2,367 |
March 2023 |
3.5% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2,348 |
February 2023 |
3.6% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2,307 |
January 2023 |
3.4% | 3.1% | 2.9% | 2,313 |
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. ↩