East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for East Stroudsburg fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 to 6.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in East Stroudsburg peaked in July 2012 at 10.1% and is now 4.1 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.5% in October 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare East Stroudsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Pennsylvania	4.8%	0.0	-0.3
East Stroudsburg	6.0%	0.0	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in East Stroudsburg peaked in July 2012 at 8,336. There are now 3,438 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,462 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 436.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
East Stroudsburg	4,898	+60	+39

Number of Unemployed Persons

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	East Stroudsburg Unemployment Rate	East Stroudsburg Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.8%	6.0%	4,898
January 2018	4.1%	4.8%	6.0%	4,838
December 2017	4.1%	4.8%	5.9%	4,791
November 2017	4.1%	4.8%	5.8%	4,657
October 2017	4.1%	4.8%	5.5%	4,462
September 2017	4.2%	4.8%	5.7%	4,617
August 2017	4.4%	4.8%	5.8%	4,677
July 2017	4.3%	4.8%	5.7%	4,608
June 2017	4.3%	4.8%	5.9%	4,819
May 2017	4.3%	4.9%	6.3%	5,137
April 2017	4.4%	4.9%	6.1%	5,009