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Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cincinnati fell 0.7 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Cincinnati peaked in April 2020 at 14.5% and is now 9.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cincinnati unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Ohio 5.7% -0.4 +1.6
Cincinnati 5.2% -0.7 +1.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Cincinnati, Ohio, National

Cincinnati, Ohio monthly unemployment rate chart

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 98,092 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cincinnati employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cincinnati, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Cincinnati 57,517 -9,629 +16,157

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cincinnati, Ohio Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Ohio
Unemployment Rate		 Cincinnati
Unemployment Rate		 Cincinnati
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 5.7% 5.2% 57,517
October
2020		 6.9% 6.1% 5.9% 67,146
September
2020		 7.8% 8.3% 7.0% 78,492
August
2020		 8.4% 8.9% 8.0% 90,154
July
2020		 10.2% 9.0% 7.5% 81,970
June
2020		 11.1% 11.0% 8.8% 98,242
May
2020		 13.3% 13.9% 11.5% 126,968
April
2020		 14.8% 17.6% 14.5% 155,609
March
2020		 4.4% 5.8% 4.3% 48,056
February
2020		 3.5% 4.1% 3.7% 41,597
January
2020		 3.5% 4.1% 3.7% 41,902

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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