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Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Mansfield fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2020 to 6.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than the Ohio rate. The unemployment rate in Mansfield peaked in April 2020 at 20.4% and is now 13.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Mansfield 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
Mansfield 6.6% -0.1 +2.1
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: Mansfield, Ohio, National

Mansfield, Ohio monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Mansfield peaked in April 2020 at 10,901. There are now 7,429 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Mansfield employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Mansfield, Ohio) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Mansfield 3,472 -138 +1,131

Number of Unemployed Persons

Mansfield, Ohio Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Ohio
Unemployment Rate		 Mansfield
Unemployment Rate		 Mansfield
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 5.7% 6.6% 3,472
October
2020		 6.9% 6.1% 6.7% 3,610
September
2020		 7.8% 8.3% 8.7% 4,611
August
2020		 8.4% 8.9% 8.9% 4,687
July
2020		 10.2% 9.0% 9.1% 4,677
June
2020		 11.1% 11.0% 11.2% 5,881
May
2020		 13.3% 13.9% 16.2% 8,617
April
2020		 14.8% 17.6% 20.4% 10,901
March
2020		 4.4% 5.8% 4.9% 2,478
February
2020		 3.5% 4.1% 4.6% 2,401
January
2020		 3.5% 4.1% 4.6% 2,377

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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