Cape Girardeau, Missouri Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cape Girardeau fell 0.9 percentage points in May 2020 to 9.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points lower than the Missouri rate. The unemployment rate in Cape Girardeau peaked in April 2020 at 10.1% and is now 0.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cape Girardeau unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Missouri	10.1%	-0.1	+7.0
Cape Girardeau	9.2%	-0.9	+6.2

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: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cape Girardeau peaked in April 2020 at 4,707. There are now 608 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cape Girardeau employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cape Girardeau	4,099	-608	+2,634

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cape Girardeau, Missouri Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Missouri Unemployment Rate	Cape Girardeau Unemployment Rate	Cape Girardeau Unemployed
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	7.9%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	10.1%	9.2%	4,099
April 2020	14.7%	10.2%	10.1%	4,707
March 2020	4.4%	3.9%	3.4%	1,651
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.4%	1,637
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	3.4%	1,660
December 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.5%	1,703
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	3.4%	1,670
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.4%	1,631
September 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.3%	1,588
August 2019	3.7%	3.2%	3.2%	1,546