Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cincinnati fell 0.2 percentage points in February 2021 to 4.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cincinnati peaked in April 2020 at 14.5% and is now 9.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cincinnati unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
Ohio | 5.0% | -0.3 | +0.3 |
Cincinnati | 4.9% | -0.2 | +1.2 |
Unemployment Rate: Cincinnati, Ohio, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Cincinnati peaked in April 2020 at 155,609. There are now 100,300 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cincinnati employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cincinnati, Ohio) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Cincinnati | 55,309 | -1,409 | +13,712 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Ohio Unemployment Rate |
Cincinnati Unemployment Rate |
Cincinnati Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 55,309 |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 56,718 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 57,610 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 5.6% | 5.1% | 57,899 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.6% | 5.9% | 67,146 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.4% | 7.0% | 78,492 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 9.0% | 8.0% | 90,154 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 9.3% | 7.5% | 81,970 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.3% | 8.8% | 98,242 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 14.9% | 11.5% | 126,968 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.4% | 14.5% | 155,609 |
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. ↩