Cape Girardeau Township, MO Unemployment Rate Report

Cape Girardeau Township, MO Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Cape-Girardeau-Township, Missouri has ranged from 1.8% in October 1999 to 9.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Cape-Girardeau-Township is 2.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Cape Girardeau Township, MO Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Cape Girardeau Township, MO Current Unemployment - 2.7%

Cape Girardeau Township, MO Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2022	3.4%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.7%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.0%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.0%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.2%	2.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.7%	2.9%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.7%	3.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2021	4.3%	5.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.1%	5.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	3.7%	4.4%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.6%	4.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.7%	4.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	4.1%	5.1%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.8%	4.5%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.7%	4.4%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.7%	3.5%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.9%	3.3%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.7%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.8%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2020	3.6%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.2%	3.7%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	3.9%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.9%	9.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.8%	9.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.8%	8.4%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.2%	7.2%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.0%	7.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.5%	4.3%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.2%	3.8%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.4%	4.2%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.2%	4.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2019	3.1%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	3.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.1%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.3%	2.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.7%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.1%	3.4%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.4%	3.8%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.5%	2.7%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.5%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.0%	3.1%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2018	3.2%	3.8%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.3%	4.0%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.3%	3.7%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.6%	2.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.5%	2.9%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.1%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.2%	3.6%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.8%	3.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.2%	2.5%	3.7%
10 / 2018	1.9%	2.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.0%	2.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.5%	3.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.2%	4.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.4%	3.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.5%	3.6%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.7%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.9%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.7%	4.2%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.9%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.2%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	2.7%	3.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.0%	3.3%	4.1%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2016	3.9%	4.6%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.3%	4.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.5%	4.9%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.1%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.9%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.2%	5.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.2%	5.3%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.6%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.0%	4.1%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.5%	3.7%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.9%	3.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2015	4.7%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	4.7%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.0%	5.8%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.5%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.7%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.8%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.9%	5.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.3%	4.9%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.7%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.5%	4.0%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.5%	4.0%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.5%	4.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2014	6.4%	7.1%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.9%	7.7%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.5%	7.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.1%	5.7%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.6%	6.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.0%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.1%	6.6%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.6%	6.2%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.9%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.3%	5.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.3%	5.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.1%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2013	6.1%	7.6%	8.0%
2 / 2013	5.8%	7.5%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.7%	7.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.0%	6.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.8%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	6.2%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.3%	7.3%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.0%	7.0%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.4%	6.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.7%	6.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.5%	5.9%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.7%	6.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2012	5.8%	7.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	6.2%	8.0%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.1%	7.6%	8.2%
4 / 2012	5.2%	6.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	5.5%	6.7%	8.2%
6 / 2012	5.8%	7.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	6.4%	7.5%	8.2%
8 / 2012	5.9%	7.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	4.9%	6.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	5.1%	6.3%	7.8%
11 / 2012	4.9%	6.2%	7.7%
12 / 2012	5.0%	6.6%	7.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2011	7.6%	9.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.4%	9.7%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.1%	9.2%	9.0%
4 / 2011	6.6%	8.2%	9.1%
5 / 2011	6.9%	8.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.3%	8.8%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.1%	8.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.3%	8.8%	9.0%
9 / 2011	6.6%	8.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.1%	7.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	5.6%	7.2%	8.6%
12 / 2011	5.5%	7.3%	8.5%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2010	7.6%	10.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.7%	10.5%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.5%	10.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	6.6%	9.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	6.7%	9.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.3%	9.5%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.9%	9.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	9.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.4%	9.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.2%	9.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.2%	9.3%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.2%	9.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2009	7.0%	8.9%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.5%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.6%	9.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.2%	8.2%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.9%	9.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.7%	9.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.8%	9.7%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.7%	9.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.4%	9.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.2%	9.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.1%	9.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.1%	9.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2008	4.7%	5.8%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.9%	5.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.9%	5.8%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.9%	5.6%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.2%	5.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.6%	6.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.7%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.4%	6.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.3%	6.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.5%	6.7%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.2%	7.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2007	4.3%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.6%	5.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.5%	4.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.8%	4.6%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.5%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	4.6%	5.5%	4.7%
8 / 2007	4.5%	5.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	4.5%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.3%	5.0%	4.7%
11 / 2007	4.2%	5.0%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.6%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2006	4.3%	5.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.7%	5.6%	4.8%
3 / 2006	4.3%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.9%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.4%	4.9%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.5%	5.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.3%	5.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.0%	4.8%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.7%	4.5%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.9%	4.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	4.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2005	4.9%	6.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.0%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.9%	6.1%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.5%	5.3%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.6%	5.3%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.9%	5.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.6%	5.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.1%	4.9%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.1%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.9%	4.6%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.4%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.9%	4.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2004	4.4%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.4%	6.0%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.5%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.2%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.3%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.1%	6.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.1%	6.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.6%	5.8%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.4%	5.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	5.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.1%	5.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2003	4.6%	5.9%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.3%	5.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.2%	5.7%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.9%	5.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.4%	5.6%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.9%	6.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.6%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	5.9%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.2%	5.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.9%	5.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.8%	5.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.4%	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2002	4.7%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.6%	5.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.6%	6.0%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.3%	5.3%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.2%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.8%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.3%	5.7%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.0%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	3.7%	4.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.6%	4.6%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.9%	5.0%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.9%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2001	4.1%	5.0%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.3%	5.0%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.7%	4.2%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.5%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.1%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.0%	4.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.1%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.6%	4.5%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.6%	4.8%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.7%	4.9%	5.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 2000	3.2%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.5%	3.9%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.6%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.9%	3.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.0%	3.3%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.0%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2000	2.9%	3.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.1%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.1%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.9%	3.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	2.8%	3.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.2%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1999	2.5%	3.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	2.6%	3.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	2.5%	3.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.8%	3.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.0%	3.2%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.5%	3.9%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.0%	3.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.6%	3.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.3%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	1.8%	2.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.3%	2.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.5%	2.8%	4.0%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1998	4.4%	5.1%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.5%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.4%	5.1%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.0%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.1%	4.2%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.9%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.2%	4.5%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.4%	4.1%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.9%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.7%	3.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	3.2%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1997	5.0%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.7%	5.3%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.6%	4.9%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.8%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.1%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.4%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.9%	4.2%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.2%	4.2%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.8%	4.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.6%	3.8%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.2%	3.7%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.2%	4.0%	4.7%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1996	4.3%	5.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.5%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.1%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.0%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.2%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.1%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.9%	5.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.4%	4.6%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.4%	4.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.0%	4.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.5%	4.5%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.8%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1995	4.2%	5.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	3.9%	5.6%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.7%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.6%	5.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.4%	4.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.9%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.8%	4.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.5%	4.6%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.4%	4.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.1%	3.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	2.8%	3.8%	5.6%
12 / 1995	2.8%	4.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1994	5.4%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.1%	6.4%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.3%	6.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.7%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.9%	4.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.1%	5.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.0%	4.7%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.9%	4.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.6%	4.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.6%	4.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.4%	4.4%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.3%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1993	5.9%	7.2%	7.3%
2 / 1993	6.2%	7.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.1%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.1%	6.3%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.0%	6.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.7%	6.8%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.8%	6.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.0%	6.0%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.6%	5.7%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.9%	5.5%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.4%	5.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.1%	5.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1992	6.3%	7.0%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.2%	7.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.7%	6.6%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.2%	6.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.6%	6.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.7%	6.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.8%	6.1%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.9%	6.0%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.7%	5.7%	7.6%
10 / 1992	4.7%	5.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.1%	5.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.7%	5.9%	7.4%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1991	6.0%	7.6%	6.4%
2 / 1991	6.3%	8.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.1%	7.5%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.3%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.4%	6.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.7%	6.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.0%	6.3%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.3%	6.3%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.2%	5.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	4.8%	5.6%	7.0%
11 / 1991	4.7%	5.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.0%	5.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Cape Girardeau Township, MO%	Missouri%	National %
1 / 1990	5.0%	6.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	5.6%	6.5%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.9%	5.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	5.4%	5.4%
5 / 1990	4.7%	5.0%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.2%	5.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.3%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.8%	6.1%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.2%	6.0%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.6%	5.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.4%	6.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	5.4%	6.5%	6.3%