Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Mount Vernon fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2021 to 6.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.9 percentage points higher than the Washington rate. The unemployment rate in Mount Vernon peaked in April 2020 at 19.4% and is now 12.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Mount Vernon unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
| Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
| Washington | 5.6% | -0.4 | +1.5 |
| Mount Vernon | 6.5% | -0.1 | +1.3 |
Unemployment Rate: Mount Vernon, Washington, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Mount Vernon, Washington Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Mount Vernon peaked in April 2020 at 12,756. There are now 8,832 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Mount Vernon employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Mount Vernon, Washington) is also available.
| Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | 3,924 | -46 | +616 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Mount Vernon, Washington Unemployment History
| Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Washington Unemployment Rate |
Mount Vernon Unemployment Rate |
Mount Vernon Unemployed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
| February 2021 |
6.2% | 5.6% | 6.5% | 3,924 |
| January 2021 |
6.3% | 6.0% | 6.6% | 3,970 |
| December 2020 |
6.7% | 6.3% | 8.1% | 4,975 |
| November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 4,678 |
| October 2020 |
6.9% | 7.0% | 7.3% | 4,768 |
| September 2020 |
7.8% | 8.0% | 10.0% | 6,327 |
| August 2020 |
8.4% | 9.1% | 10.2% | 6,380 |
| July 2020 |
10.2% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 8,167 |
| June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% | 7,293 |
| May 2020 |
13.3% | 12.5% | 17.1% | 10,977 |
| April 2020 |
14.8% | 16.3% | 19.4% | 12,756 |
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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