Very High Unemployment Area
Detroit, MI Current Unemployment - 7.9%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
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1991
1990
Detroit, MI Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2022
11.0%
5.1%
4.0%
2 / 2022
12.1%
5.3%
3.8%
3 / 2022
10.0%
4.5%
3.6%
4 / 2022
9.4%
4.2%
3.6%
5 / 2022
10.5%
4.6%
3.6%
6 / 2022
10.1%
4.8%
3.6%
7 / 2022
8.1%
4.3%
3.5%
8 / 2022
7.9%
4.0%
3.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2021
11.4%
6.1%
6.3%
2 / 2021
9.3%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
9.6%
5.2%
6.0%
4 / 2021
8.4%
4.6%
6.1%
5 / 2021
10.2%
6.3%
5.8%
6 / 2021
10.7%
5.3%
5.9%
7 / 2021
10.1%
6.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
8.4%
6.1%
5.2%
9 / 2021
11.7%
5.2%
4.7%
10 / 2021
10.0%
4.5%
4.6%
11 / 2021
8.4%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
9.3%
4.2%
3.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2020
8.8%
4.3%
3.6%
2 / 2020
7.6%
3.6%
3.5%
3 / 2020
9.3%
4.0%
4.4%
4 / 2020
37.5%
23.8%
14.7%
5 / 2020
39.4%
20.8%
13.3%
6 / 2020
32.0%
15.0%
11.1%
7 / 2020
20.4%
9.5%
10.2%
8 / 2020
20.9%
8.9%
8.4%
9 / 2020
20.6%
8.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
15.4%
5.1%
6.9%
11 / 2020
18.6%
7.4%
6.7%
12 / 2020
20.3%
8.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2019
10.2%
5.0%
4.0%
2 / 2019
8.9%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2019
9.2%
4.6%
3.8%
4 / 2019
7.5%
3.7%
3.6%
5 / 2019
7.9%
3.7%
3.6%
6 / 2019
9.1%
4.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
11.1%
5.1%
3.7%
8 / 2019
9.8%
4.2%
3.7%
9 / 2019
8.1%
3.5%
3.5%
10 / 2019
8.2%
3.5%
3.6%
11 / 2019
7.3%
3.2%
3.5%
12 / 2019
7.7%
3.6%
3.5%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2018
10.0%
5.0%
4.1%
2 / 2018
9.6%
4.9%
4.1%
3 / 2018
9.1%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
7.4%
3.8%
3.9%
5 / 2018
7.6%
3.6%
3.8%
6 / 2018
9.5%
4.4%
4.0%
7 / 2018
10.7%
4.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
9.9%
4.1%
3.8%
9 / 2018
8.4%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
9.0%
3.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
7.6%
3.4%
3.7%
12 / 2018
8.5%
4.0%
3.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2017
11.1%
5.5%
4.7%
2 / 2017
10.7%
5.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
9.5%
4.8%
4.4%
4 / 2017
7.5%
3.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.4%
3.9%
4.4%
6 / 2017
8.8%
4.5%
4.3%
7 / 2017
11.2%
5.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
11.0%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
10.4%
4.5%
4.2%
10 / 2017
9.7%
4.2%
4.1%
11 / 2017
8.6%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
9.0%
4.4%
4.1%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2016
10.3%
5.2%
4.9%
2 / 2016
10.2%
5.2%
4.9%
3 / 2016
10.8%
5.4%
5.0%
4 / 2016
9.5%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
9.4%
4.5%
4.8%
6 / 2016
11.0%
5.1%
4.9%
7 / 2016
12.6%
5.7%
4.8%
8 / 2016
12.4%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
11.5%
4.9%
5.0%
10 / 2016
11.6%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
9.6%
4.3%
4.7%
12 / 2016
9.6%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2015
13.5%
6.6%
5.7%
2 / 2015
12.3%
6.1%
5.5%
3 / 2015
11.9%
6.0%
5.4%
4 / 2015
10.8%
5.2%
5.4%
5 / 2015
11.9%
5.6%
5.6%
6 / 2015
12.4%
5.8%
5.3%
7 / 2015
13.4%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
12.2%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 2015
10.8%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
11.4%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
9.7%
4.4%
5.1%
12 / 2015
9.8%
4.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2014
17.8%
8.4%
6.6%
2 / 2014
17.6%
8.5%
6.7%
3 / 2014
17.4%
8.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
15.3%
6.9%
6.2%
5 / 2014
16.9%
7.6%
6.3%
6 / 2014
17.0%
7.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
18.8%
8.5%
6.2%
8 / 2014
17.4%
7.3%
6.1%
9 / 2014
15.9%
6.6%
5.9%
10 / 2014
15.5%
6.3%
5.7%
11 / 2014
13.1%
5.7%
5.8%
12 / 2014
12.4%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2013
20.6%
10.1%
8.0%
2 / 2013
19.1%
9.4%
7.7%
3 / 2013
18.5%
9.0%
7.5%
4 / 2013
16.8%
8.1%
7.6%
5 / 2013
18.8%
8.8%
7.5%
6 / 2013
20.7%
9.6%
7.5%
7 / 2013
22.0%
10.2%
7.3%
8 / 2013
20.1%
8.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
18.8%
8.3%
7.2%
10 / 2013
19.1%
8.4%
7.2%
11 / 2013
16.9%
7.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
16.6%
7.6%
6.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2012
19.4%
9.8%
8.3%
2 / 2012
18.9%
9.6%
8.3%
3 / 2012
18.7%
9.4%
8.2%
4 / 2012
17.2%
8.3%
8.2%
5 / 2012
18.9%
9.1%
8.2%
6 / 2012
20.4%
9.7%
8.2%
7 / 2012
22.3%
10.7%
8.2%
8 / 2012
20.7%
9.4%
8.1%
9 / 2012
18.8%
8.4%
7.8%
10 / 2012
19.2%
8.4%
7.8%
11 / 2012
17.3%
7.9%
7.7%
12 / 2012
18.5%
8.7%
7.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2011
22.2%
11.5%
9.1%
2 / 2011
21.4%
11.1%
9.0%
3 / 2011
21.4%
11.0%
9.0%
4 / 2011
19.8%
10.0%
9.1%
5 / 2011
21.2%
10.5%
9.0%
6 / 2011
22.8%
11.2%
9.1%
7 / 2011
24.2%
11.8%
9.0%
8 / 2011
22.5%
10.6%
9.0%
9 / 2011
21.0%
10.0%
9.0%
10 / 2011
20.1%
9.4%
8.8%
11 / 2011
17.7%
8.5%
8.6%
12 / 2011
18.3%
9.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2010
27.0%
14.4%
9.8%
2 / 2010
26.5%
14.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
26.7%
14.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
24.9%
12.9%
9.9%
5 / 2010
24.5%
12.6%
9.6%
6 / 2010
25.2%
12.7%
9.4%
7 / 2010
26.8%
13.5%
9.4%
8 / 2010
25.3%
12.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
23.5%
11.5%
9.5%
10 / 2010
23.0%
11.1%
9.4%
11 / 2010
22.0%
10.9%
9.8%
12 / 2010
21.4%
10.9%
9.3%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2009
22.3%
12.1%
7.8%
2 / 2009
22.5%
12.8%
8.3%
3 / 2009
23.2%
13.3%
8.7%
4 / 2009
23.3%
12.8%
9.0%
5 / 2009
26.0%
14.2%
9.4%
6 / 2009
28.4%
15.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
28.3%
15.4%
9.5%
8 / 2009
26.7%
14.1%
9.6%
9 / 2009
25.7%
13.7%
9.8%
10 / 2009
25.6%
13.6%
10.0%
11 / 2009
24.4%
13.1%
9.9%
12 / 2009
24.3%
13.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2008
13.8%
7.7%
5.0%
2 / 2008
13.1%
7.4%
4.9%
3 / 2008
13.5%
7.6%
5.1%
4 / 2008
12.2%
6.7%
5.0%
5 / 2008
14.6%
7.8%
5.4%
6 / 2008
15.3%
8.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
17.2%
8.9%
5.8%
8 / 2008
16.7%
8.3%
6.1%
9 / 2008
15.7%
7.9%
6.1%
10 / 2008
16.0%
8.0%
6.5%
11 / 2008
15.3%
8.2%
6.8%
12 / 2008
16.5%
9.2%
7.3%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2007
14.2%
7.7%
4.6%
2 / 2007
12.4%
7.2%
4.5%
3 / 2007
12.5%
7.0%
4.4%
4 / 2007
11.8%
6.6%
4.5%
5 / 2007
12.4%
6.7%
4.4%
6 / 2007
14.0%
7.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
15.7%
8.0%
4.7%
8 / 2007
14.5%
6.9%
4.6%
9 / 2007
13.7%
6.8%
4.7%
10 / 2007
14.3%
6.7%
4.7%
11 / 2007
12.8%
6.5%
4.7%
12 / 2007
13.1%
7.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2006
13.4%
7.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
13.5%
7.5%
4.8%
3 / 2006
13.4%
7.4%
4.7%
4 / 2006
12.3%
6.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
12.5%
6.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
13.7%
7.1%
4.6%
7 / 2006
16.0%
8.1%
4.7%
8 / 2006
14.4%
7.0%
4.7%
9 / 2006
13.8%
6.7%
4.5%
10 / 2006
13.4%
6.3%
4.4%
11 / 2006
12.4%
6.4%
4.5%
12 / 2006
12.1%
6.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2005
14.6%
7.5%
5.3%
2 / 2005
14.5%
7.8%
5.4%
3 / 2005
14.7%
7.5%
5.2%
4 / 2005
13.3%
6.6%
5.2%
5 / 2005
13.0%
6.7%
5.1%
6 / 2005
13.9%
6.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
15.1%
7.4%
5.0%
8 / 2005
13.5%
6.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
13.0%
6.2%
5.0%
10 / 2005
12.3%
5.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
12.4%
6.3%
5.0%
12 / 2005
11.9%
6.4%
4.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2004
13.7%
7.5%
5.7%
2 / 2004
13.2%
7.4%
5.6%
3 / 2004
14.3%
7.8%
5.8%
4 / 2004
11.9%
6.4%
5.6%
5 / 2004
13.2%
6.8%
5.6%
6 / 2004
15.3%
7.4%
5.6%
7 / 2004
16.4%
8.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
14.6%
6.7%
5.4%
9 / 2004
14.2%
6.5%
5.4%
10 / 2004
14.2%
6.5%
5.5%
11 / 2004
14.0%
6.7%
5.4%
12 / 2004
13.7%
7.0%
5.4%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2003
13.6%
7.3%
5.8%
2 / 2003
14.0%
7.4%
5.9%
3 / 2003
14.3%
7.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
13.4%
7.0%
6.0%
5 / 2003
13.9%
7.2%
6.1%
6 / 2003
16.0%
8.0%
6.3%
7 / 2003
16.1%
8.3%
6.2%
8 / 2003
14.9%
7.1%
6.1%
9 / 2003
14.5%
6.9%
6.1%
10 / 2003
13.6%
6.5%
6.0%
11 / 2003
12.5%
6.3%
5.8%
12 / 2003
12.0%
6.4%
5.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2002
12.4%
7.2%
5.7%
2 / 2002
11.5%
6.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
12.1%
7.1%
5.7%
4 / 2002
10.9%
6.2%
5.9%
5 / 2002
11.2%
6.1%
5.8%
6 / 2002
13.0%
6.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
13.7%
7.0%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.0%
5.8%
5.7%
9 / 2002
11.0%
5.3%
5.7%
10 / 2002
11.1%
5.2%
5.7%
11 / 2002
11.2%
5.7%
5.9%
12 / 2002
11.6%
6.1%
6.0%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2001
9.8%
5.3%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.5%
5.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
9.1%
5.4%
4.3%
4 / 2001
7.7%
4.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.3%
4.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.6%
5.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
10.1%
5.5%
4.6%
8 / 2001
10.0%
5.1%
4.9%
9 / 2001
9.5%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.4%
5.1%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.4%
5.7%
5.5%
12 / 2001
10.6%
6.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 2000
6.6%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.1%
3.7%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.8%
3.8%
4.0%
4 / 2000
5.1%
2.9%
3.8%
5 / 2000
6.1%
3.4%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.3%
3.8%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.7%
4.6%
4.0%
8 / 2000
7.8%
3.7%
4.1%
9 / 2000
6.9%
3.4%
3.9%
10 / 2000
6.2%
3.1%
3.9%
11 / 2000
5.9%
3.4%
3.9%
12 / 2000
6.1%
3.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1999
9.2%
4.6%
4.3%
2 / 1999
9.3%
4.7%
4.4%
3 / 1999
8.3%
4.3%
4.2%
4 / 1999
7.1%
3.6%
4.3%
5 / 1999
7.3%
3.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
8.6%
4.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
9.3%
4.2%
4.3%
8 / 1999
7.4%
3.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
7.6%
3.2%
4.2%
10 / 1999
7.5%
3.0%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.6%
3.1%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.2%
3.2%
4.0%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1998
8.9%
4.8%
4.6%
2 / 1998
7.9%
4.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
8.2%
4.6%
4.7%
4 / 1998
6.0%
3.1%
4.3%
5 / 1998
6.8%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
8.5%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 1998
10.9%
4.9%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.2%
3.5%
4.5%
9 / 1998
9.3%
3.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.0%
3.4%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.7%
3.4%
4.4%
12 / 1998
7.7%
3.7%
4.4%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1997
10.7%
5.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
9.2%
5.1%
5.2%
3 / 1997
9.4%
5.0%
5.2%
4 / 1997
7.9%
4.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
7.6%
3.9%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.2%
4.4%
5.0%
7 / 1997
10.1%
4.8%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.7%
3.8%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.9%
3.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
8.2%
3.5%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.1%
3.5%
4.6%
12 / 1997
7.1%
3.8%
4.7%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1996
10.5%
5.8%
5.6%
2 / 1996
8.7%
5.3%
5.5%
3 / 1996
9.0%
5.6%
5.5%
4 / 1996
8.1%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
9.6%
4.9%
5.6%
6 / 1996
10.3%
5.0%
5.3%
7 / 1996
11.6%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
9.9%
4.5%
5.1%
9 / 1996
9.7%
4.4%
5.2%
10 / 1996
9.7%
4.1%
5.2%
11 / 1996
9.4%
4.2%
5.4%
12 / 1996
9.3%
4.5%
5.4%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1995
10.1%
6.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
9.0%
5.7%
5.4%
3 / 1995
9.9%
5.9%
5.4%
4 / 1995
9.3%
5.6%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.3%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
10.5%
5.7%
5.6%
7 / 1995
11.6%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
10.6%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 1995
10.3%
4.7%
5.6%
10 / 1995
9.2%
4.3%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.4%
4.5%
5.6%
12 / 1995
7.9%
4.4%
5.6%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1994
13.6%
8.1%
6.6%
2 / 1994
12.5%
7.6%
6.6%
3 / 1994
12.1%
7.3%
6.5%
4 / 1994
10.4%
6.2%
6.4%
5 / 1994
10.2%
5.7%
6.1%
6 / 1994
10.9%
6.0%
6.1%
7 / 1994
12.1%
6.5%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.8%
5.5%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.8%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1994
9.4%
4.9%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.7%
4.5%
5.6%
12 / 1994
7.0%
4.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1993
15.8%
8.4%
7.3%
2 / 1993
14.1%
8.2%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.3%
7.7%
7.0%
4 / 1993
11.8%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
12.8%
7.1%
7.1%
6 / 1993
14.4%
7.6%
7.0%
7 / 1993
14.4%
7.7%
6.9%
8 / 1993
12.7%
6.8%
6.8%
9 / 1993
13.0%
6.6%
6.7%
10 / 1993
12.8%
6.6%
6.8%
11 / 1993
11.9%
6.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
11.5%
6.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1992
18.9%
10.5%
7.3%
2 / 1992
18.6%
10.4%
7.4%
3 / 1992
17.8%
10.1%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.6%
8.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
16.4%
8.9%
7.6%
6 / 1992
17.4%
9.6%
7.8%
7 / 1992
19.9%
9.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
17.8%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
17.4%
8.3%
7.6%
10 / 1992
16.6%
7.6%
7.3%
11 / 1992
15.8%
7.5%
7.4%
12 / 1992
14.6%
7.6%
7.4%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1991
18.2%
9.5%
6.4%
2 / 1991
18.8%
10.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
18.8%
10.3%
6.8%
4 / 1991
18.0%
9.4%
6.7%
5 / 1991
17.1%
9.2%
6.9%
6 / 1991
17.9%
9.5%
6.9%
7 / 1991
17.8%
9.4%
6.8%
8 / 1991
17.1%
8.7%
6.9%
9 / 1991
16.8%
8.6%
6.9%
10 / 1991
17.8%
8.5%
7.0%
11 / 1991
17.1%
8.6%
7.0%
12 / 1991
16.6%
8.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Detroit, MI%
Michigan%
National %
1 / 1990
15.8%
9.2%
5.4%
2 / 1990
15.0%
8.3%
5.3%
3 / 1990
14.6%
7.9%
5.2%
4 / 1990
13.4%
7.2%
5.4%
5 / 1990
13.7%
7.1%
5.4%
6 / 1990
14.0%
7.1%
5.2%
7 / 1990
15.9%
7.6%
5.5%
8 / 1990
15.6%
7.2%
5.7%
9 / 1990
14.5%
7.1%
5.9%
10 / 1990
15.3%
7.0%
5.9%
11 / 1990
16.0%
7.7%
6.2%
12 / 1990
16.1%
8.0%
6.3%