East Grand Rapids, MI Unemployment Rate Report

East Grand Rapids, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in East-Grand-Rapids, Michigan has ranged from 2.1% in April 1998 to 21.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for East-Grand-Rapids is 3.5% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

East Grand Rapids, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

East Grand Rapids, MI Current Unemployment - 3.5%

East Grand Rapids, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	3.7%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.8%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.3%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.2%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.5%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.0%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.8%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.5%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	5.7%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.8%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.0%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.3%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.5%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.6%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.7%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.0%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.4%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.1%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	2.8%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.4%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.5%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	21.3%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.3%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.3%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.7%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.2%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.7%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.1%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.3%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.9%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	3.3%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.1%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.2%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.5%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.8%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.2%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.6%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.3%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.3%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.4%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	3.6%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.5%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.3%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.7%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.3%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.6%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.5%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.4%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.7%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	3.8%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.6%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.3%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	2.8%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.1%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.6%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.5%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.9%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.4%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.0%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.1%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.2%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	3.4%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	3.5%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.7%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.3%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.3%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.3%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.7%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.5%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.4%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.2%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.2%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	4.5%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.2%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.1%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.7%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.1%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.3%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.7%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.3%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.2%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.0%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.1%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	5.6%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.7%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.7%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.6%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.3%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.4%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.2%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.0%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.4%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.1%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	3.9%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	3.7%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	7.1%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.7%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.4%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.8%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.6%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.1%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.5%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.3%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.9%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.7%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.2%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.1%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	7.4%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.4%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.2%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.3%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.0%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.5%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.2%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.9%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.1%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.0%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	5.7%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.3%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	9.1%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.8%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	8.7%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.9%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	8.4%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.0%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.4%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.3%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.8%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.3%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.7%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.9%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	11.6%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.4%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.3%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.4%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	10.3%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.4%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.1%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.8%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.2%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.8%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.7%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.6%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	9.3%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.3%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	10.8%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.1%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.2%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.3%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.6%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.5%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.2%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.0%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	10.5%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.8%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	6.2%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.0%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.1%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.3%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.6%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.0%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.8%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.0%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.7%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.7%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.8%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.6%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	6.3%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.0%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.8%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.5%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.8%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.4%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.9%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.9%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.8%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.5%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.4%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	5.9%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	5.8%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	6.1%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.0%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.6%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.9%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.8%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.9%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.7%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.2%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.4%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.6%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	6.3%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.6%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.1%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.6%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.0%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.2%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	6.4%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.4%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.5%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.0%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.4%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	7.2%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.2%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.5%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.3%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.8%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.1%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.5%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.2%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.9%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.6%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.9%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	7.1%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.3%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.4%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	8.3%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.6%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.2%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.5%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.2%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.1%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.3%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.5%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.5%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	6.5%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.4%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.7%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.1%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.3%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.7%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.1%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.9%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.5%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.1%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.6%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.0%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	4.0%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.3%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.7%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.0%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.3%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.0%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.6%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.8%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.7%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.9%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.3%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.8%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	3.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.0%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.1%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.5%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.6%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.3%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.4%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.1%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.7%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.0%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.2%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	3.1%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.2%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.9%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.6%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.7%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.3%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.8%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.5%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.3%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.2%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.3%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.4%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	3.3%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.0%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.0%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.1%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.4%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.0%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.3%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.6%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.5%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.1%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.1%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	3.6%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.5%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.3%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.7%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.0%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.5%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.0%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.0%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	2.8%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.4%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.6%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	4.1%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.1%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.0%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	3.7%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.1%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.4%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.2%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.7%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.4%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.0%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	2.9%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.1%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	4.1%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.8%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.7%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.9%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.5%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.6%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.7%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.4%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.1%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	3.1%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	3.3%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	5.6%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.6%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.2%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.5%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.2%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.9%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.5%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.3%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.9%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.6%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.5%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.4%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	6.6%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.3%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.9%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.7%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.7%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.5%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.0%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.3%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.1%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.7%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.7%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.6%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	8.2%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	8.5%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	7.9%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	7.4%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.5%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.0%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.6%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.4%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.4%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.3%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.3%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.1%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	6.8%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.4%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.3%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	6.9%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	7.4%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.8%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	8.0%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.4%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.7%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.8%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.6%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.2%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	East Grand Rapids, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	6.2%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.2%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.7%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.3%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.3%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.4%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.1%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.6%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.4%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.9%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.9%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.8%	8.0%	6.3%