La Paz Valley, AZ Unemployment Rate Report

La Paz Valley, AZ Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in La-Paz-Valley, Arizona has ranged from 3.1% in December 2021 to 21.0% in January 1993. The current unemployment rate for La-Paz-Valley is 5.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

La Paz Valley, AZ Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

La Paz Valley, AZ Current Unemployment - 5.2%

La Paz Valley, AZ Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2022	3.7%	3.6%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.9%	3.6%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.1%	2.8%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.2%	3.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.4%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.0%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.2%	4.0%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.2%	4.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2021	6.1%	6.9%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	7.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.5%	6.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.9%	6.5%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.0%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.7%	7.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.1%	5.2%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.2%	4.7%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.4%	4.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.8%	3.7%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.1%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2020	6.0%	4.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.6%	4.4%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.6%	6.1%	4.4%
4 / 2020	8.6%	12.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	6.0%	8.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	8.0%	10.3%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.0%	11.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.8%	6.3%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	6.6%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.5%	7.9%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.4%	6.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	6.4%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2019	6.5%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.2%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	6.1%	4.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	6.1%	4.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.9%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.3%	5.0%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.2%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.0%	5.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.5%	4.6%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.1%	4.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.1%	4.3%	3.5%
12 / 2019	5.3%	4.2%	3.5%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2018	6.3%	4.9%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.4%	4.7%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.4%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.4%	4.5%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.0%	4.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	6.4%	5.0%	4.0%
7 / 2018	6.2%	5.0%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.3%	5.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.1%	4.8%	3.7%
10 / 2018	5.6%	4.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.6%	4.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.0%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2017	6.0%	5.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.8%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.2%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.2%	4.7%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	4.7%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.2%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.4%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.7%	5.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.4%	4.9%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.8%	4.6%	4.1%
11 / 2017	5.1%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.5%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2016	7.0%	5.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.5%	5.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.2%	5.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.0%	5.3%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.4%	5.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.1%	5.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.0%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.2%	5.7%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.2%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.6%	5.3%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.7%	4.9%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.5%	4.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2015	8.4%	6.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.4%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 2015	7.5%	5.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	7.5%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	7.4%	6.4%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.4%	6.5%	5.2%
8 / 2015	7.4%	6.4%	5.1%
9 / 2015	7.6%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	7.1%	5.9%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.9%	5.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	6.7%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2014	8.4%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.3%	6.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.2%	6.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.5%	6.3%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.3%	6.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.6%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.5%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.7%	7.4%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.5%	6.9%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.4%	6.6%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.3%	6.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2013	9.3%	8.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.8%	7.6%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.7%	7.6%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.5%	7.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.9%	7.5%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.4%	8.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.6%	8.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.0%	8.4%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.1%	7.9%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.0%	7.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	7.7%	7.2%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.5%	7.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2012	9.7%	8.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.5%	8.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.8%	8.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.8%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.7%	8.2%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.8%	8.9%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.4%	9.1%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.7%	8.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.1%	8.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.0%	8.0%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.6%	7.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.9%	7.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2011	11.6%	10.0%	9.1%
2 / 2011	10.8%	9.5%	9.0%
3 / 2011	10.2%	9.3%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.6%	9.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.4%	9.0%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.4%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.5%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.7%	10.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	9.1%	9.7%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.8%	9.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.3%	8.6%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.8%	8.5%	8.5%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2010	11.4%	11.1%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.7%	10.7%	9.8%
3 / 2010	9.9%	10.4%	9.9%
4 / 2010	9.2%	10.1%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.6%	10.0%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.4%	10.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.9%	10.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.9%	10.8%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.6%	10.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.5%	10.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	9.8%	10.0%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.9%	9.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2009	9.8%	8.5%	7.8%
2 / 2009	9.7%	8.6%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.0%	8.9%	8.7%
4 / 2009	9.1%	8.9%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.9%	9.3%	9.4%
6 / 2009	9.9%	10.1%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.2%	10.6%	9.5%
8 / 2009	9.9%	11.0%	9.6%
9 / 2009	10.0%	11.0%	9.8%
10 / 2009	10.4%	11.0%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.3%	10.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.3%	10.6%	9.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2008	6.2%	4.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	5.5%	4.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	5.7%	4.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.5%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.4%	5.4%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.9%	6.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.8%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	9.4%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	9.6%	7.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.4%	7.2%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.1%	7.4%	6.8%
12 / 2008	9.2%	7.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2007	5.7%	4.1%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.1%	3.7%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.9%	3.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.7%	3.5%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.4%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.1%	3.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.0%	4.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.0%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.2%	3.9%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.3%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.1%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2006	6.4%	4.5%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.2%	4.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.9%	4.2%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.7%	4.1%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.4%	4.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	4.5%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.1%	4.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.2%	4.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.8%	4.3%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.3%	3.9%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.0%	3.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.0%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2005	7.2%	4.9%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.9%	4.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.7%	4.7%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.5%	4.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.0%	4.4%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.3%	4.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.1%	5.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	7.0%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2005	7.1%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2005	6.8%	4.5%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.5%	4.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.3%	4.2%	4.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2004	7.3%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.7%	5.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.0%	5.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.8%	5.1%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.6%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.0%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.9%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.0%	5.3%	5.4%
9 / 2004	6.7%	4.9%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.6%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.0%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.3%	4.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2003	7.9%	6.1%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.4%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.2%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.8%	5.6%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.8%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.5%	6.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.5%	6.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.4%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.1%	5.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.6%	5.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.1%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.3%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2002	7.3%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.6%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.5%	5.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.3%	5.9%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.1%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.5%	6.5%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.9%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.5%	6.7%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.1%	6.2%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.1%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.1%	5.9%	5.9%
12 / 2002	7.3%	5.7%	6.0%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2001	7.2%	4.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.9%	3.9%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.8%	4.1%	4.3%
4 / 2001	6.4%	4.1%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.9%	4.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.8%	5.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.6%	5.0%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.5%	5.6%	4.9%
9 / 2001	7.0%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.5%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.5%	5.3%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.6%	5.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 2000	6.7%	4.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.7%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.6%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.5%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	6.2%	3.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.7%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.8%	4.4%	4.0%
8 / 2000	7.0%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.3%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.5%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.2%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.7%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1999	10.2%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	10.3%	4.5%	4.4%
3 / 1999	8.8%	4.4%	4.2%
4 / 1999	8.2%	4.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	7.7%	4.3%	4.2%
6 / 1999	8.7%	4.7%	4.3%
7 / 1999	8.7%	4.9%	4.3%
8 / 1999	7.5%	4.9%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.5%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.7%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.6%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	7.2%	3.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1998	10.6%	4.5%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.4%	4.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.2%	4.2%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.5%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.5%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.4%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	8.7%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	7.8%	4.8%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.2%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	7.6%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.4%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	8.4%	4.0%	4.4%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1997	13.1%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	11.3%	5.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	10.3%	4.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.4%	4.3%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.8%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.2%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	8.9%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	9.1%	4.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	9.3%	4.6%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.5%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.9%	4.0%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.7%	3.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1996	13.8%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	11.8%	5.2%	5.5%
3 / 1996	12.0%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	11.6%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	10.9%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.6%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	11.6%	6.2%	5.5%
8 / 1996	11.7%	6.1%	5.1%
9 / 1996	11.4%	5.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.1%	5.5%	5.2%
11 / 1996	10.8%	5.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.7%	5.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1995	14.4%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	13.1%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	11.6%	5.2%	5.4%
4 / 1995	10.3%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.1%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.7%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	9.6%	5.7%	5.7%
8 / 1995	9.8%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 1995	9.2%	5.6%	5.6%
10 / 1995	11.3%	5.2%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.6%	4.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	11.9%	4.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1994	16.0%	6.5%	6.6%
2 / 1994	14.7%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	13.9%	6.0%	6.5%
4 / 1994	12.1%	5.9%	6.4%
5 / 1994	11.3%	5.9%	6.1%
6 / 1994	12.5%	6.7%	6.1%
7 / 1994	13.9%	6.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	15.3%	6.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	14.2%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	13.2%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	12.3%	5.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	13.1%	5.1%	5.5%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1993	21.0%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	18.8%	6.9%	7.1%
3 / 1993	16.3%	6.5%	7.0%
4 / 1993	13.5%	6.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	12.9%	6.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.9%	6.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	14.6%	6.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	15.6%	6.6%	6.8%
9 / 1993	16.1%	6.3%	6.7%
10 / 1993	15.5%	6.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	15.0%	5.8%	6.6%
12 / 1993	16.2%	5.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1992	14.7%	7.9%	7.3%
2 / 1992	15.8%	7.8%	7.4%
3 / 1992	14.1%	7.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	11.9%	7.2%	7.4%
5 / 1992	11.8%	7.4%	7.6%
6 / 1992	12.7%	8.1%	7.8%
7 / 1992	13.0%	7.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	13.8%	7.9%	7.6%
9 / 1992	13.5%	7.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	13.3%	7.2%	7.3%
11 / 1992	14.5%	7.0%	7.4%
12 / 1992	17.9%	6.7%	7.4%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1991	7.4%	5.3%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.6%	5.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.5%	5.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.1%	4.7%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.0%	5.3%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.2%	6.2%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.6%	6.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	10.5%	6.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.3%	6.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	10.4%	6.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	11.3%	6.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.4%	6.8%	7.3%

Month/Year	La Paz Valley, AZ%	Arizona%	National %
1 / 1990	7.2%	5.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.8%	5.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.7%	5.1%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.9%	5.1%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.4%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.2%	5.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.3%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.0%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.4%	5.5%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.5%	5.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.6%	4.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.5%	4.8%	6.3%