Very High Unemployment Area
Newark, NJ Current Unemployment - 6.1%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Newark, NJ Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2022
8.1%
4.8%
4.0%
2 / 2022
7.3%
4.5%
3.8%
3 / 2022
6.7%
4.2%
3.6%
4 / 2022
5.8%
3.6%
3.6%
5 / 2022
5.7%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2022
5.9%
3.6%
3.6%
7 / 2022
6.2%
3.7%
3.5%
8 / 2022
6.1%
3.7%
3.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2021
13.5%
8.0%
6.3%
2 / 2021
13.3%
8.2%
6.2%
3 / 2021
13.0%
7.8%
6.0%
4 / 2021
12.2%
6.7%
6.1%
5 / 2021
11.9%
7.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
12.7%
7.8%
5.9%
7 / 2021
12.2%
6.9%
5.4%
8 / 2021
10.5%
6.4%
5.2%
9 / 2021
10.6%
5.7%
4.7%
10 / 2021
9.2%
5.0%
4.6%
11 / 2021
8.6%
4.6%
4.2%
12 / 2021
8.2%
4.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2020
7.1%
4.4%
3.6%
2 / 2020
6.1%
4.2%
3.5%
3 / 2020
7.0%
3.7%
4.4%
4 / 2020
19.6%
15.9%
14.7%
5 / 2020
19.4%
15.1%
13.3%
6 / 2020
19.9%
16.6%
11.1%
7 / 2020
20.8%
14.4%
10.2%
8 / 2020
17.1%
11.1%
8.4%
9 / 2020
13.1%
6.5%
7.9%
10 / 2020
13.2%
7.8%
6.9%
11 / 2020
17.0%
9.6%
6.7%
12 / 2020
13.0%
7.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2019
7.0%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
6.4%
4.1%
3.8%
3 / 2019
6.0%
3.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.9%
2.8%
3.6%
5 / 2019
5.2%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.8%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
6.5%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
6.3%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
6.0%
3.4%
3.5%
10 / 2019
6.0%
3.4%
3.6%
11 / 2019
5.9%
3.5%
3.5%
12 / 2019
6.2%
3.6%
3.5%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2018
8.1%
5.0%
4.1%
2 / 2018
8.0%
5.0%
4.1%
3 / 2018
7.6%
4.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
6.8%
3.9%
3.9%
5 / 2018
6.5%
3.9%
3.8%
6 / 2018
7.4%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
7.6%
4.6%
3.9%
8 / 2018
7.1%
4.2%
3.8%
9 / 2018
6.5%
3.7%
3.7%
10 / 2018
5.9%
3.4%
3.8%
11 / 2018
5.5%
3.2%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.9%
3.5%
3.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2017
7.9%
5.0%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.8%
5.0%
4.7%
3 / 2017
7.2%
4.6%
4.4%
4 / 2017
6.9%
4.3%
4.4%
5 / 2017
7.0%
4.4%
4.4%
6 / 2017
7.6%
4.6%
4.3%
7 / 2017
8.1%
5.1%
4.3%
8 / 2017
8.1%
5.0%
4.4%
9 / 2017
7.7%
4.7%
4.2%
10 / 2017
7.3%
4.4%
4.1%
11 / 2017
7.2%
4.3%
4.2%
12 / 2017
7.0%
4.1%
4.1%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2016
8.1%
5.2%
4.9%
2 / 2016
8.3%
5.4%
4.9%
3 / 2016
8.2%
5.4%
5.0%
4 / 2016
7.8%
4.9%
5.0%
5 / 2016
7.6%
4.9%
4.8%
6 / 2016
8.2%
5.1%
4.9%
7 / 2016
8.6%
5.5%
4.8%
8 / 2016
8.3%
5.2%
4.9%
9 / 2016
8.1%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
7.4%
4.6%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.7%
4.2%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.8%
4.3%
4.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2015
10.6%
7.0%
5.7%
2 / 2015
10.5%
6.9%
5.5%
3 / 2015
9.8%
6.5%
5.4%
4 / 2015
9.0%
5.8%
5.4%
5 / 2015
9.5%
6.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
9.4%
5.9%
5.3%
7 / 2015
9.7%
6.2%
5.2%
8 / 2015
8.8%
5.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
8.3%
5.2%
5.0%
10 / 2015
7.7%
4.9%
5.0%
11 / 2015
7.4%
4.7%
5.1%
12 / 2015
7.2%
4.6%
5.0%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2014
11.6%
7.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
11.5%
7.7%
6.7%
3 / 2014
11.1%
7.4%
6.7%
4 / 2014
9.6%
6.4%
6.2%
5 / 2014
9.8%
6.5%
6.3%
6 / 2014
9.9%
6.6%
6.1%
7 / 2014
10.9%
7.1%
6.2%
8 / 2014
10.6%
6.7%
6.1%
9 / 2014
10.2%
6.5%
5.9%
10 / 2014
9.8%
6.2%
5.7%
11 / 2014
9.7%
6.1%
5.8%
12 / 2014
9.5%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2013
14.2%
9.6%
8.0%
2 / 2013
13.5%
9.2%
7.7%
3 / 2013
12.9%
8.7%
7.5%
4 / 2013
12.1%
8.2%
7.6%
5 / 2013
12.3%
8.3%
7.5%
6 / 2013
12.6%
8.5%
7.5%
7 / 2013
13.0%
8.6%
7.3%
8 / 2013
12.4%
7.9%
7.2%
9 / 2013
12.2%
7.8%
7.2%
10 / 2013
11.7%
7.6%
7.2%
11 / 2013
10.8%
7.0%
6.9%
12 / 2013
10.7%
6.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2012
14.2%
9.6%
8.3%
2 / 2012
14.1%
9.8%
8.3%
3 / 2012
13.8%
9.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
13.1%
9.2%
8.2%
5 / 2012
13.5%
9.2%
8.2%
6 / 2012
13.9%
9.6%
8.2%
7 / 2012
14.5%
9.9%
8.2%
8 / 2012
13.9%
9.3%
8.1%
9 / 2012
13.5%
8.9%
7.8%
10 / 2012
13.3%
8.9%
7.8%
11 / 2012
13.3%
9.0%
7.7%
12 / 2012
13.2%
8.8%
7.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2011
15.0%
10.0%
9.1%
2 / 2011
14.8%
9.9%
9.0%
3 / 2011
14.4%
9.7%
9.0%
4 / 2011
13.5%
9.1%
9.1%
5 / 2011
14.0%
9.2%
9.0%
6 / 2011
14.2%
9.5%
9.1%
7 / 2011
14.3%
9.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
13.7%
9.2%
9.0%
9 / 2011
13.8%
9.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
13.4%
9.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
12.9%
8.8%
8.6%
12 / 2011
13.2%
8.9%
8.5%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2010
14.6%
10.3%
9.8%
2 / 2010
14.3%
10.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
14.2%
10.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
13.3%
9.4%
9.9%
5 / 2010
13.4%
9.2%
9.6%
6 / 2010
13.6%
9.3%
9.4%
7 / 2010
13.9%
9.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
13.4%
9.3%
9.5%
9 / 2010
13.7%
9.2%
9.5%
10 / 2010
13.3%
9.0%
9.4%
11 / 2010
13.4%
9.2%
9.8%
12 / 2010
13.9%
9.1%
9.3%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2009
12.6%
8.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
13.1%
8.6%
8.3%
3 / 2009
13.4%
8.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
13.0%
8.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
13.6%
8.8%
9.4%
6 / 2009
14.3%
9.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
14.9%
9.7%
9.5%
8 / 2009
14.5%
9.3%
9.6%
9 / 2009
14.9%
9.5%
9.8%
10 / 2009
15.1%
9.4%
10.0%
11 / 2009
14.6%
9.3%
9.9%
12 / 2009
14.9%
9.5%
9.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2008
8.9%
5.1%
5.0%
2 / 2008
8.6%
5.1%
4.9%
3 / 2008
8.7%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
7.9%
4.5%
5.0%
5 / 2008
8.8%
4.9%
5.4%
6 / 2008
9.2%
5.1%
5.6%
7 / 2008
9.9%
5.6%
5.8%
8 / 2008
9.4%
5.4%
6.1%
9 / 2008
9.6%
5.4%
6.1%
10 / 2008
9.7%
5.5%
6.5%
11 / 2008
9.7%
5.8%
6.8%
12 / 2008
10.7%
6.6%
7.3%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2007
8.5%
4.8%
4.6%
2 / 2007
8.4%
4.7%
4.5%
3 / 2007
7.8%
4.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
7.5%
4.2%
4.5%
5 / 2007
7.4%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2007
7.8%
4.2%
4.6%
7 / 2007
8.6%
4.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
7.4%
4.1%
4.6%
9 / 2007
7.7%
4.1%
4.7%
10 / 2007
7.4%
3.9%
4.7%
11 / 2007
7.4%
4.0%
4.7%
12 / 2007
7.9%
4.3%
5.0%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2006
9.3%
5.2%
4.7%
2 / 2006
9.6%
5.4%
4.8%
3 / 2006
9.2%
5.1%
4.7%
4 / 2006
8.7%
4.9%
4.7%
5 / 2006
8.7%
4.8%
4.6%
6 / 2006
8.7%
4.8%
4.6%
7 / 2006
9.4%
5.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
8.5%
4.7%
4.7%
9 / 2006
8.4%
4.5%
4.5%
10 / 2006
7.5%
3.9%
4.4%
11 / 2006
7.7%
4.1%
4.5%
12 / 2006
7.4%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2005
8.6%
4.7%
5.3%
2 / 2005
9.1%
5.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
8.8%
4.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
7.8%
4.0%
5.2%
5 / 2005
7.6%
4.0%
5.1%
6 / 2005
8.0%
4.3%
5.0%
7 / 2005
8.5%
4.7%
5.0%
8 / 2005
7.6%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2005
8.5%
4.5%
5.0%
10 / 2005
8.1%
4.3%
5.0%
11 / 2005
8.8%
4.7%
5.0%
12 / 2005
8.6%
4.6%
4.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2004
12.3%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2004
11.8%
5.7%
5.6%
3 / 2004
12.0%
5.6%
5.8%
4 / 2004
11.0%
5.0%
5.6%
5 / 2004
10.6%
4.7%
5.6%
6 / 2004
11.2%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
11.6%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 2004
10.1%
4.5%
5.4%
9 / 2004
10.1%
4.4%
5.4%
10 / 2004
9.7%
4.2%
5.5%
11 / 2004
9.1%
4.0%
5.4%
12 / 2004
8.8%
3.9%
5.4%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2003
13.4%
6.4%
5.8%
2 / 2003
13.1%
6.3%
5.9%
3 / 2003
12.9%
6.2%
5.9%
4 / 2003
12.4%
5.7%
6.0%
5 / 2003
12.7%
5.8%
6.1%
6 / 2003
13.6%
6.2%
6.3%
7 / 2003
13.7%
6.4%
6.2%
8 / 2003
12.5%
5.7%
6.1%
9 / 2003
12.7%
5.7%
6.1%
10 / 2003
11.9%
5.4%
6.0%
11 / 2003
11.4%
5.2%
5.8%
12 / 2003
10.8%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2002
12.7%
6.0%
5.7%
2 / 2002
12.7%
6.0%
5.7%
3 / 2002
13.0%
6.1%
5.7%
4 / 2002
12.5%
5.7%
5.9%
5 / 2002
12.3%
5.6%
5.8%
6 / 2002
12.8%
5.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
12.9%
6.1%
5.8%
8 / 2002
12.1%
5.6%
5.7%
9 / 2002
12.3%
5.5%
5.7%
10 / 2002
12.3%
5.5%
5.7%
11 / 2002
12.4%
5.7%
5.9%
12 / 2002
12.2%
5.6%
6.0%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2001
8.7%
4.2%
4.2%
2 / 2001
8.5%
4.1%
4.2%
3 / 2001
8.6%
4.0%
4.3%
4 / 2001
8.0%
3.6%
4.4%
5 / 2001
8.2%
3.7%
4.3%
6 / 2001
9.2%
4.1%
4.5%
7 / 2001
9.6%
4.4%
4.6%
8 / 2001
9.7%
4.4%
4.9%
9 / 2001
10.0%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2001
10.3%
4.5%
5.3%
11 / 2001
10.7%
4.8%
5.5%
12 / 2001
11.1%
5.0%
5.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 2000
8.7%
4.2%
4.0%
2 / 2000
8.9%
4.3%
4.1%
3 / 2000
8.5%
3.9%
4.0%
4 / 2000
7.3%
3.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
7.7%
3.5%
4.0%
6 / 2000
7.6%
3.5%
4.0%
7 / 2000
8.6%
4.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
8.2%
3.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
8.2%
3.6%
3.9%
10 / 2000
7.7%
3.4%
3.9%
11 / 2000
7.7%
3.5%
3.9%
12 / 2000
7.2%
3.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1999
9.6%
4.8%
4.3%
2 / 1999
10.0%
5.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
10.1%
4.9%
4.2%
4 / 1999
10.0%
4.7%
4.3%
5 / 1999
10.1%
4.6%
4.2%
6 / 1999
11.0%
5.0%
4.3%
7 / 1999
11.1%
5.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
9.4%
4.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
9.7%
4.3%
4.2%
10 / 1999
8.5%
3.9%
4.1%
11 / 1999
7.9%
3.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
7.4%
3.5%
4.0%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1998
10.9%
5.5%
4.6%
2 / 1998
10.9%
5.5%
4.6%
3 / 1998
10.9%
5.5%
4.7%
4 / 1998
9.0%
4.5%
4.3%
5 / 1998
9.4%
4.5%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.7%
4.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
9.9%
4.8%
4.5%
8 / 1998
8.8%
4.2%
4.5%
9 / 1998
9.3%
4.2%
4.6%
10 / 1998
9.0%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
8.3%
3.9%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.3%
3.9%
4.4%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1997
13.1%
6.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
12.6%
6.2%
5.2%
3 / 1997
12.5%
5.9%
5.2%
4 / 1997
11.2%
5.1%
5.1%
5 / 1997
11.4%
5.1%
4.9%
6 / 1997
12.0%
5.3%
5.0%
7 / 1997
11.9%
5.6%
4.9%
8 / 1997
10.8%
5.0%
4.8%
9 / 1997
11.2%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
10.3%
4.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
9.3%
4.4%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.5%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1996
13.7%
7.1%
5.6%
2 / 1996
13.4%
6.9%
5.5%
3 / 1996
13.7%
6.8%
5.5%
4 / 1996
13.1%
6.3%
5.6%
5 / 1996
13.5%
6.2%
5.6%
6 / 1996
13.0%
5.9%
5.3%
7 / 1996
13.7%
6.4%
5.5%
8 / 1996
12.2%
5.7%
5.1%
9 / 1996
12.8%
5.7%
5.2%
10 / 1996
12.7%
5.5%
5.2%
11 / 1996
12.4%
5.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
11.9%
5.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1995
13.8%
7.0%
5.6%
2 / 1995
13.1%
6.8%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.9%
6.6%
5.4%
4 / 1995
12.9%
6.4%
5.8%
5 / 1995
13.1%
6.5%
5.6%
6 / 1995
13.2%
6.6%
5.6%
7 / 1995
13.8%
6.9%
5.7%
8 / 1995
12.8%
6.3%
5.7%
9 / 1995
13.0%
6.1%
5.6%
10 / 1995
12.2%
5.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
12.0%
5.9%
5.6%
12 / 1995
12.1%
6.0%
5.6%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1994
15.6%
7.7%
6.6%
2 / 1994
15.3%
7.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
15.4%
7.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
14.4%
7.0%
6.4%
5 / 1994
13.8%
6.7%
6.1%
6 / 1994
14.0%
6.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
14.2%
7.2%
6.1%
8 / 1994
13.1%
6.6%
6.0%
9 / 1994
13.4%
6.4%
5.9%
10 / 1994
12.9%
6.2%
5.8%
11 / 1994
12.2%
6.0%
5.6%
12 / 1994
11.9%
5.8%
5.5%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1993
17.0%
8.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
16.8%
8.7%
7.1%
3 / 1993
16.4%
8.4%
7.0%
4 / 1993
15.6%
7.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
15.6%
7.7%
7.1%
6 / 1993
15.8%
7.7%
7.0%
7 / 1993
15.8%
7.8%
6.9%
8 / 1993
14.6%
7.2%
6.8%
9 / 1993
15.1%
7.0%
6.7%
10 / 1993
14.8%
6.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
13.9%
6.6%
6.6%
12 / 1993
13.7%
6.6%
6.5%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1992
15.6%
8.2%
7.3%
2 / 1992
15.8%
8.5%
7.4%
3 / 1992
15.6%
8.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
15.2%
7.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
16.5%
8.4%
7.6%
6 / 1992
17.6%
8.9%
7.8%
7 / 1992
18.0%
9.2%
7.7%
8 / 1992
17.2%
8.5%
7.6%
9 / 1992
17.5%
8.4%
7.6%
10 / 1992
16.4%
8.1%
7.3%
11 / 1992
16.0%
8.1%
7.4%
12 / 1992
15.6%
8.0%
7.4%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1991
13.6%
6.8%
6.4%
2 / 1991
14.0%
7.0%
6.6%
3 / 1991
14.1%
6.9%
6.8%
4 / 1991
13.1%
6.3%
6.7%
5 / 1991
13.7%
6.6%
6.9%
6 / 1991
13.8%
6.6%
6.9%
7 / 1991
13.7%
6.8%
6.8%
8 / 1991
13.0%
6.4%
6.9%
9 / 1991
13.4%
6.4%
6.9%
10 / 1991
13.5%
6.6%
7.0%
11 / 1991
13.7%
6.9%
7.0%
12 / 1991
13.9%
7.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Newark, NJ%
New-Jersey%
National %
1 / 1990
10.0%
5.1%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.5%
5.0%
5.3%
3 / 1990
10.3%
4.8%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.0%
4.6%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.3%
4.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
10.1%
4.7%
5.2%
7 / 1990
11.0%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 1990
10.4%
4.9%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.1%
5.2%
5.9%
10 / 1990
11.0%
5.2%
5.9%
11 / 1990
11.3%
5.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
11.5%
5.7%
6.3%