Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lansing fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the Michigan rate. The unemployment rate in Lansing peaked in April 2020 at 20.0% and is now 14.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lansing unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Michigan | 6.9% | +0.8 | +3.0 |
Lansing | 5.1% | -0.1 | +1.7 |
Unemployment Rate: Lansing, Michigan, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Lansing, Michigan Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Lansing peaked in April 2020 at 46,667. There are now 34,449 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Lansing employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lansing, Michigan) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Lansing | 12,218 | -396 | +3,652 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Lansing, Michigan Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Michigan Unemployment Rate |
Lansing Unemployment Rate |
Lansing Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.9% | 5.1% | 12,218 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.1% | 5.2% | 12,614 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.6% | 7.3% | 17,889 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 8.7% | 7.2% | 17,978 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 8.7% | 7.3% | 17,803 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 14.9% | 10.9% | 27,549 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 21.3% | 16.9% | 41,051 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 46,667 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 4.3% | 3.0% | 7,373 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 3.6% | 3.1% | 7,728 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 8,150 |
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. ↩