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Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Grand Island fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2021 to 1.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Nebraska rate. The unemployment rate in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 9.1% and is now 7.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare Grand Island unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Nebraska 1.8% -0.1 -1.6
Grand Island 1.9% -0.2 -2.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Grand Island, Nebraska, National

Grand Island, Nebraska monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Grand Island peaked in April 2020 at 4,071. There are now 3,240 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Grand Island 831 -72 -1,166

Number of Unemployed Persons

Grand Island, Nebraska Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Nebraska
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployment Rate		 Grand Island
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 1.8% 1.9% 831
October
2021		 4.6% 1.9% 2.1% 903
September
2021		 4.7% 2.0% 2.3% 977
August
2021		 5.2% 2.2% 2.5% 1,065
July
2021		 5.4% 2.3% 2.6% 1,124
June
2021		 5.9% 2.5% 2.7% 1,171
May
2021		 5.8% 2.6% 2.8% 1,203
April
2021		 6.0% 2.8% 2.9% 1,238
March
2021		 6.0% 2.9% 3.0% 1,290
February
2021		 6.2% 3.1% 3.1% 1,327
January
2021		 6.4% 3.2% 3.1% 1,363

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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