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Evansville, Indiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Evansville rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Indiana rate. The unemployment rate in Evansville peaked in April 2020 at 15.4% and is now 12.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.9% in December 2021, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Evansville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Indiana 3.1% +0.1 +0.2
Evansville 3.0% +0.1 0.0
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Evansville, Indiana, National

Evansville, Indiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Evansville, Indiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Evansville peaked in April 2020 at 23,542. There are now 18,763 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,545 in January 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 234.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Evansville 4,779 +208 -40

Number of Unemployed Persons

Evansville, Indiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Indiana
Unemployment Rate
Evansville
Unemployment Rate
Evansville
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 3.1% 3.0% 4,779
April
2023
3.4% 3.0% 2.9% 4,571
March
2023
3.5% 3.1% 2.9% 4,577
February
2023
3.6% 3.1% 2.9% 4,566
January
2023
3.4% 3.1% 2.9% 4,604
December
2022
3.5% 3.1% 3.0% 4,749
November
2022
3.6% 3.2% 3.0% 4,756
October
2022
3.7% 3.2% 3.0% 4,779
September
2022
3.5% 3.2% 3.0% 4,815
August
2022
3.7% 3.1% 3.0% 4,842
July
2022
3.5% 3.0% 3.0% 4,856

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.