High Unemployment Area
Grand Rapids, MI Current Unemployment - 4.6%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
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1990
Grand Rapids, MI Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2022
5.0%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2022
5.0%
5.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.3%
4.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
4.2%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
4.6%
4.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.3%
4.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
5.0%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
4.6%
4.0%
3.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2021
7.6%
6.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.4%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.3%
5.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.8%
4.6%
6.1%
5 / 2021
6.5%
6.3%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.5%
5.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
6.2%
6.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.5%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
6.3%
5.2%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.4%
4.5%
4.6%
11 / 2021
4.9%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.7%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2020
3.8%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.2%
3.6%
3.5%
3 / 2020
3.3%
4.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
27.1%
23.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
19.1%
20.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
16.0%
15.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
11.5%
9.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
10.0%
8.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
8.7%
8.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
5.9%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
5.2%
7.4%
6.7%
12 / 2020
5.7%
8.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2019
4.4%
5.0%
4.0%
2 / 2019
4.1%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
4.3%
4.6%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.4%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.7%
3.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.3%
4.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
5.2%
5.1%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.0%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.4%
3.5%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.1%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.1%
3.2%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.2%
3.6%
3.5%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2018
4.8%
5.0%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.7%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.4%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
3.7%
3.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.6%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.4%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.8%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
3.9%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
3.5%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.3%
3.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.2%
3.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.6%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2017
5.0%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2017
4.8%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.4%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2017
3.7%
3.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.1%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 2017
4.8%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.9%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.1%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.5%
4.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.0%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.1%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.2%
4.4%
4.1%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2016
4.6%
5.2%
4.9%
2 / 2016
4.7%
5.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
4.9%
5.4%
5.0%
4 / 2016
4.4%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
4.4%
4.5%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.1%
5.1%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.8%
5.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
4.9%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
4.6%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
4.5%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
4.2%
4.3%
4.7%
12 / 2016
4.3%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2015
6.0%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2015
5.6%
6.1%
5.5%
3 / 2015
5.5%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
4.9%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 2015
5.5%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 2015
5.7%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.0%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
4.9%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 2015
4.4%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
4.2%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
4.1%
4.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
4.1%
4.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2014
7.4%
8.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.5%
8.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.5%
8.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.1%
6.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.0%
7.6%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.1%
7.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.2%
8.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
6.6%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
5.9%
6.6%
5.9%
10 / 2014
5.4%
6.3%
5.7%
11 / 2014
5.1%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
4.9%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2013
9.3%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.8%
9.4%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.5%
9.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.6%
8.1%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.6%
8.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.3%
9.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.8%
10.2%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.3%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
7.7%
8.3%
7.2%
10 / 2013
7.6%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
6.9%
7.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
6.8%
7.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2012
9.7%
9.8%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.6%
9.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.5%
9.4%
8.2%
4 / 2012
8.3%
8.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.2%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
9.9%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.7%
10.7%
8.2%
8 / 2012
9.1%
9.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
8.1%
8.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
7.9%
8.4%
7.8%
11 / 2012
7.5%
7.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.3%
8.7%
7.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2011
11.8%
11.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.5%
11.1%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.4%
11.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.4%
10.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
11.0%
10.5%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.7%
11.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.3%
11.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.9%
10.6%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.3%
10.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
9.6%
9.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
8.8%
8.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
9.1%
9.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2010
15.0%
14.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.8%
14.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.7%
14.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.5%
12.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.3%
12.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.5%
12.7%
9.4%
7 / 2010
14.4%
13.5%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.7%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.0%
11.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
11.5%
11.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
11.4%
10.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.3%
10.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2009
12.8%
12.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
14.1%
12.8%
8.3%
3 / 2009
14.8%
13.3%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.9%
12.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
15.4%
14.2%
9.4%
6 / 2009
16.7%
15.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
17.1%
15.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
15.7%
14.1%
9.6%
9 / 2009
15.3%
13.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
15.0%
13.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
14.4%
13.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.7%
13.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2008
8.6%
7.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.4%
7.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.5%
7.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.5%
6.7%
5.0%
5 / 2008
9.2%
7.8%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.8%
8.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
10.8%
8.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.7%
8.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.3%
7.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.4%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.4%
8.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.6%
9.2%
7.3%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2007
8.8%
7.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.4%
7.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
8.1%
7.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.7%
6.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
8.2%
6.7%
4.4%
6 / 2007
8.9%
7.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
9.6%
8.0%
4.7%
8 / 2007
8.2%
6.9%
4.6%
9 / 2007
8.1%
6.8%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.7%
6.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.6%
6.5%
4.7%
12 / 2007
8.3%
7.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2006
8.1%
7.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
8.6%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
8.3%
7.4%
4.7%
4 / 2006
7.9%
6.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.3%
6.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.6%
7.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.4%
8.1%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.3%
7.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.0%
6.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.2%
6.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.5%
6.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.8%
6.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2005
8.8%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.2%
7.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.5%
7.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.9%
6.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
8.3%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.7%
6.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
9.0%
7.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.6%
6.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
7.8%
6.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
7.1%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
7.6%
6.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
7.7%
6.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2004
10.1%
7.5%
5.7%
2 / 2004
10.0%
7.4%
5.6%
3 / 2004
10.4%
7.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
8.7%
6.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
9.4%
6.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
9.8%
7.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
10.4%
8.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
8.6%
6.7%
5.4%
9 / 2004
8.2%
6.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
7.9%
6.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
8.2%
6.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.6%
7.0%
5.4%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2003
9.9%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
10.1%
7.4%
5.9%
3 / 2003
10.3%
7.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
11.5%
7.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
10.6%
7.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
11.3%
8.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
11.7%
8.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
10.0%
7.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
9.8%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2003
8.8%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
9.1%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
9.0%
6.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2002
9.1%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2002
9.0%
6.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
9.4%
7.1%
5.7%
4 / 2002
8.5%
6.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
8.8%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
9.3%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
9.9%
7.0%
5.8%
8 / 2002
8.2%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
7.7%
5.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
7.2%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2002
7.8%
5.7%
5.9%
12 / 2002
8.4%
6.1%
6.0%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2001
5.7%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.1%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.5%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
5.7%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.1%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
7.1%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
7.8%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.8%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2001
6.6%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.9%
5.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
7.5%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
8.1%
6.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2000
4.3%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
4.3%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
4.4%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.6%
2.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.4%
3.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.0%
3.8%
4.0%
7 / 2000
6.0%
4.6%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.8%
3.7%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.4%
3.4%
3.9%
10 / 2000
3.8%
3.1%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.2%
3.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
4.5%
3.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1999
4.3%
4.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.4%
4.7%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.1%
4.3%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.6%
3.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
3.9%
3.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
4.7%
4.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
5.3%
4.2%
4.3%
8 / 1999
3.5%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
3.3%
3.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
3.1%
3.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
3.3%
3.1%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.3%
3.2%
4.0%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1998
4.6%
4.8%
4.6%
2 / 1998
4.3%
4.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.2%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 1998
3.0%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
3.3%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
4.3%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
4.6%
4.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
3.6%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
3.5%
3.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
3.0%
3.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
3.0%
3.4%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.4%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1997
5.1%
5.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
4.9%
5.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
4.6%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
3.8%
4.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
4.2%
3.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
4.9%
4.4%
5.0%
7 / 1997
5.6%
4.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
4.2%
3.8%
4.8%
9 / 1997
4.0%
3.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
3.4%
3.5%
4.7%
11 / 1997
3.6%
3.5%
4.6%
12 / 1997
3.9%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1996
5.8%
5.8%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.7%
5.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.6%
5.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.2%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.8%
4.9%
5.6%
6 / 1996
6.2%
5.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
7.3%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
5.2%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 1996
4.8%
4.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
4.2%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
4.2%
4.2%
5.4%
12 / 1996
4.4%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1995
5.8%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
5.4%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.4%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.2%
5.6%
5.8%
5 / 1995
5.5%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
6.3%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
6.4%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
5.3%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 1995
4.8%
4.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
4.4%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
4.3%
4.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
4.6%
4.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1994
7.8%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
7.8%
7.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
7.3%
7.3%
6.5%
4 / 1994
6.2%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
6.0%
5.7%
6.1%
6 / 1994
6.9%
6.0%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.7%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.1%
5.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
5.5%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1994
5.1%
4.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
4.9%
4.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
4.8%
4.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1993
9.2%
8.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
8.7%
8.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.3%
7.7%
7.0%
4 / 1993
7.9%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
8.0%
7.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
9.0%
7.6%
7.0%
7 / 1993
9.7%
7.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
7.4%
6.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.2%
6.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
6.6%
6.6%
6.8%
11 / 1993
6.5%
6.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
6.4%
6.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1992
11.3%
10.5%
7.3%
2 / 1992
11.7%
10.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
10.9%
10.1%
7.4%
4 / 1992
10.3%
8.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.4%
8.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.1%
9.6%
7.8%
7 / 1992
11.8%
9.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
10.2%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.2%
8.3%
7.6%
10 / 1992
8.8%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
8.7%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
8.5%
7.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1991
9.4%
9.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
10.2%
10.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
10.1%
10.3%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.5%
9.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
10.3%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
10.8%
9.5%
6.9%
7 / 1991
11.1%
9.4%
6.8%
8 / 1991
10.2%
8.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
10.7%
8.6%
6.9%
10 / 1991
9.5%
8.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.2%
8.6%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.9%
8.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Grand Rapids, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1990
8.6%
9.2%
5.4%
2 / 1990
8.6%
8.3%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.0%
7.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.5%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
7.4%
7.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
7.5%
7.1%
5.2%
7 / 1990
8.4%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
7.8%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1990
7.5%
7.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.9%
7.0%
5.9%
11 / 1990
6.9%
7.7%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.0%
8.0%
6.3%