Bloomsburg-Berwick, Pennsylvania Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Bloomsburg rose 0.2 percentage points in February 2021 to 5.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.4 percentage points lower than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in Bloomsburg peaked in April 2020 at 14.8% and is now 8.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.6% in December 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Bloomsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.3% | 0.0 | +2.3 |
| Bloomsburg | 5.9% | +0.2 | +1.0 |
Unemployment Rate: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Bloomsburg peaked in April 2020 at 6,534. There are now 4,053 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,376 in December 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 105.
| Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg | 2,481 | +70 | +392 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate |
Bloomsburg Unemployment Rate |
Bloomsburg Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 7.3% | 5.9% | 2,481 |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 7.3% | 5.7% | 2,411 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 5.6% | 2,376 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 5.7% | 2,409 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.0% | 6.6% | 2,800 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.1% | 6.8% | 2,906 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 10.2% | 8.3% | 3,485 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.0% | 9.9% | 4,263 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 13.3% | 10.1% | 4,348 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 5,069 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.2% | 14.8% | 6,534 |
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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