Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grand Island rose 0.6 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points higher than the Nebraska rate. The unemployment rate in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 11.4% and is now 6.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in October 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.6 percentage points. You can also compare Grand Island unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Nebraska | 3.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Grand Island | 4.6% | +0.6 | +1.5 |
Unemployment Rate: Grand Island, Nebraska, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 5,181. There are now 3,169 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,713 in October 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 299.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Grand Island | 2,012 | +299 | +661 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Nebraska Unemployment Rate |
Grand Island Unemployment Rate |
Grand Island Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | 3.0% | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 2,012 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 1,713 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 3.6% | 4.7% | 2,044 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 4.0% | 5.4% | 2,356 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 4.9% | 5.3% | 2,373 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 5.5% | 6.3% | 2,762 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 5.3% | 7.8% | 3,408 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 5,181 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 4.0% | 4.5% | 1,996 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 2.9% | 3.5% | 1,548 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 1,574 |
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. ↩