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Terre Haute, Indiana Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Terre Haute fell 0.3 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Indiana rate. The unemployment rate in Terre Haute peaked in April 2020 at 17.2% and is now 10.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Terre Haute unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Indiana 5.1% -0.4 +1.9
Terre Haute 6.4% -0.3 +2.3
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: Terre Haute, Indiana, National

Terre Haute, Indiana monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Terre Haute, Indiana Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Terre Haute peaked in April 2020 at 12,140. There are now 7,395 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Terre Haute employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Terre Haute, Indiana) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Terre Haute 4,745 -200 +1,625

Number of Unemployed Persons

Terre Haute, Indiana Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Indiana
Unemployment Rate		 Terre Haute
Unemployment Rate		 Terre Haute
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% 4.3% — —
November
2020		 6.7% 5.1% 6.4% 4,745
October
2020		 6.9% 5.5% 6.7% 4,945
September
2020		 7.8% 6.3% 6.8% 5,057
August
2020		 8.4% 6.4% 6.9% 5,091
July
2020		 10.2% 7.9% 8.1% 5,895
June
2020		 11.1% 11.1% 11.0% 8,242
May
2020		 13.3% 12.3% 12.0% 8,899
April
2020		 14.8% 17.5% 17.2% 12,140
March
2020		 4.4% 3.0% 3.9% 2,847
February
2020		 3.5% 3.1% 3.9% 2,964
January
2020		 3.5% 3.1% 4.0% 3,062

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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