East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for East Stroudsburg rose 0.5 percentage points in January 2021 to 8.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points higher than the Pennsylvania rate. The unemployment rate in East Stroudsburg peaked in April 2020 at 20.5% and is now 11.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 8.1% in November 2020, 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 | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.3% | -0.4 | +2.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 7.3% | +0.2 | +2.5 |
| East Stroudsburg | 8.6% | +0.5 | +2.8 |
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 10,349 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 6,287 in December 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 601.
| Unemployed Persons | January 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Stroudsburg | 6,888 | +601 | +2,006 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Pennsylvania Unemployment Rate |
East Stroudsburg Unemployment Rate |
East Stroudsburg Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 7.3% | — | — |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 7.3% | 8.6% | 6,888 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% | 6,287 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 7.1% | 8.1% | 6,292 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.0% | 9.0% | 7,085 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.1% | 10.2% | 8,204 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 10.2% | 13.0% | 10,227 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 13.0% | 15.5% | 12,334 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 13.3% | 18.3% | 14,807 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 13.5% | 18.4% | 15,293 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.2% | 20.5% | 17,237 |
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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