East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for East Stroudsburg fell 2.5 percentage points in May 2020 to 18.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 4.6 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in East Stroudsburg peaked in April 2020 at 20.5% and is now 2.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare East Stroudsburg unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Pennsylvania	13.4%	-2.7	+9.2
East Stroudsburg	18.0%	-2.5	+12.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 17,237. There are now 2,342 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
East Stroudsburg	14,895	-2,342	+10,645

Number of Unemployed Persons

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate	East Stroudsburg Unemployment Rate	East Stroudsburg Unemployed
June 2020	11.1%	13.0%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.4%	18.0%	14,895
April 2020	14.7%	16.1%	20.5%	17,237
March 2020	4.4%	5.8%	7.0%	5,885
February 2020	3.5%	4.7%	5.8%	4,910
January 2020	3.6%	4.7%	5.8%	4,882
December 2019	3.5%	4.6%	6.0%	5,048
November 2019	3.5%	4.6%	5.9%	4,937
October 2019	3.6%	4.6%	5.7%	4,808
September 2019	3.5%	4.6%	5.6%	4,671
August 2019	3.7%	4.5%	5.4%	4,537
July 2019	3.7%	4.4%	5.3%	4,419