Rio Grande County, CO Unemployment Rate Report

Rio Grande County, CO Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Rio Grande County, Colorado has ranged from 2.9% in October 2019 to 16.7% in July 1992. The current unemployment rate for Rio Grande County is 4.7% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Rio Grande County, CO Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Rio Grande County, CO Current Unemployment - 4.7%

Rio Grande County, CO Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2022	5.8%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.8%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.0%	3.6%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	3.1%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.9%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.1%	3.3%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.8%	3.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.7%	3.3%	3.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2021	7.6%	6.9%	6.3%
2 / 2021	8.1%	6.7%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.7%	6.5%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.2%	6.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.4%	5.8%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.5%	6.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.8%	5.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	6.1%	5.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.3%	4.6%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.8%	4.4%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.2%	3.9%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.9%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2020	5.2%	2.9%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.3%	2.9%	3.5%
3 / 2020	9.6%	5.4%	4.4%
4 / 2020	10.9%	12.0%	14.7%
5 / 2020	8.4%	10.0%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.8%	11.1%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.8%	7.4%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.8%	6.0%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.1%	6.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.9%	6.2%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.6%	6.7%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.5%	6.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2019	6.1%	3.6%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.6%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.0%	3.1%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.9%	2.8%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.3%	2.6%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.0%	2.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	2.7%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.0%	2.6%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	2.4%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.9%	2.4%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	2.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.1%	2.4%	3.5%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2018	5.7%	3.3%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.7%	3.3%	4.1%
3 / 2018	5.6%	3.2%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.6%	3.0%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.7%	2.8%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.9%	3.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.9%	3.2%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.8%	3.2%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.0%	3.1%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.8%	3.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.3%	3.1%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.2%	3.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2017	5.7%	3.3%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.1%	3.1%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.7%	2.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	2.6%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.4%	2.5%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.2%	2.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.1%	2.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.7%	2.8%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.8%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.4%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.8%	2.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.8%	2.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2016	6.6%	3.8%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.1%	3.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.9%	3.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.0%	3.5%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.2%	3.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.1%	3.6%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	3.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	3.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.0%	2.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	2.7%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.6%	2.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2015	9.2%	4.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.2%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.6%	4.5%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.7%	4.0%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.0%	4.0%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.3%	4.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.9%	3.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.7%	3.5%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.1%	3.3%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.8%	3.3%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	3.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.7%	3.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2014	13.1%	6.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	12.1%	6.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.4%	6.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	10.3%	5.4%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.6%	4.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	9.1%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.9%	4.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.3%	4.6%	6.1%
9 / 2014	7.2%	4.1%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.7%	4.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	7.1%	4.1%	5.8%
12 / 2014	7.9%	4.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2013	13.4%	8.0%	8.0%
2 / 2013	12.9%	7.8%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.3%	7.5%	7.5%
4 / 2013	11.7%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.3%	6.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	11.6%	7.3%	7.5%
7 / 2013	11.4%	6.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	11.4%	6.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.4%	6.1%	7.2%
10 / 2013	10.4%	6.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.3%	6.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.9%	5.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2012	14.5%	8.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	14.0%	8.7%	8.3%
3 / 2012	13.6%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	12.8%	8.0%	8.2%
5 / 2012	11.1%	7.8%	8.2%
6 / 2012	12.4%	8.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.2%	7.8%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.2%	7.7%	8.1%
9 / 2012	10.7%	7.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.4%	7.2%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.1%	7.3%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.7%	7.4%	7.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2011	13.4%	9.2%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.4%	9.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	13.4%	8.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	12.7%	8.4%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.8%	8.4%	9.0%
6 / 2011	12.2%	8.3%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.9%	8.1%	9.0%
8 / 2011	12.1%	8.1%	9.0%
9 / 2011	11.3%	7.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.9%	7.8%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.9%	8.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	12.6%	8.1%	8.5%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2010	11.3%	8.9%	9.8%
2 / 2010	10.9%	8.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	10.9%	9.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.3%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.3%	8.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	10.6%	8.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.9%	8.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.7%	8.6%	9.5%
9 / 2010	9.6%	8.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	9.9%	8.4%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.1%	8.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.0%	8.8%	9.3%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2009	7.2%	6.6%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.1%	6.9%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.9%	7.1%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.0%	6.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	5.6%	7.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.1%	7.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	5.7%	7.5%	9.5%
8 / 2009	5.4%	7.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	5.0%	7.3%	9.8%
10 / 2009	5.0%	7.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.2%	7.7%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.3%	8.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2008	6.0%	4.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.3%	4.6%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.4%	4.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	5.6%	4.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.7%	4.3%	5.4%
6 / 2008	5.6%	4.9%	5.6%
7 / 2008	6.0%	5.0%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.0%	4.9%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.2%	4.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	4.7%	5.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.4%	5.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.0%	5.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2007	4.9%	4.3%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.7%	4.1%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	3.8%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.6%	3.4%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.0%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.0%	3.8%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.9%	3.6%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.7%	3.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.3%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.8%	3.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	4.5%	4.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2006	6.0%	5.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	5.9%	4.9%	4.8%
3 / 2006	5.6%	4.8%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.7%	4.4%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.7%	4.6%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.9%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.7%	4.2%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.7%	3.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.4%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.8%	3.8%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.1%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2005	7.3%	5.7%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.3%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.0%	5.6%	5.2%
4 / 2005	5.8%	5.1%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.2%	4.9%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.7%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.7%	5.0%	5.0%
8 / 2005	6.1%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.0%	4.6%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.4%	4.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
12 / 2005	5.5%	4.7%	4.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2004	7.0%	6.3%	5.7%
2 / 2004	6.7%	6.1%	5.6%
3 / 2004	6.3%	6.0%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.1%	5.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.1%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.6%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.9%	5.4%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.1%	5.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.2%	5.0%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.6%	5.0%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.6%	5.2%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.0%	5.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2003	6.6%	6.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.4%	6.3%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.5%	6.3%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.4%	5.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.0%	5.8%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.6%	6.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.5%	6.0%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.1%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.4%	5.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.4%	5.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.4%	5.8%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.4%	5.7%	5.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2002	6.6%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.1%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.3%	5.8%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.2%	5.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.0%	5.2%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.3%	5.8%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.8%	5.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.7%	5.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.1%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.8%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.3%	5.6%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.5%	5.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2001	7.1%	3.2%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.7%	3.2%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.7%	3.3%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.2%	3.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.7%	3.1%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.7%	3.7%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.7%	3.8%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.4%	4.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.0%	4.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.1%	4.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.9%	4.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.2%	5.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 2000	5.0%	3.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.9%	3.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.0%	3.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.6%	2.5%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.2%	2.5%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.3%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.1%	2.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	5.8%	2.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.7%	2.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	2.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.6%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.9%	2.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1999	12.2%	3.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	8.5%	3.4%	4.4%
3 / 1999	7.3%	3.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.5%	3.0%	4.3%
5 / 1999	5.5%	2.9%	4.2%
6 / 1999	7.8%	3.4%	4.3%
7 / 1999	9.4%	3.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.5%	3.0%	4.2%
9 / 1999	5.2%	2.9%	4.2%
10 / 1999	4.0%	2.7%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.6%	2.8%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.5%	2.7%	4.0%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1998	8.8%	4.0%	4.6%
2 / 1998	9.1%	3.9%	4.6%
3 / 1998	9.3%	4.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	8.1%	3.5%	4.3%
5 / 1998	7.1%	3.6%	4.4%
6 / 1998	8.7%	4.0%	4.5%
7 / 1998	10.2%	3.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	12.0%	3.6%	4.5%
9 / 1998	8.6%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	5.2%	3.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	6.6%	3.3%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.2%	3.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1997	9.7%	4.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.3%	4.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	9.2%	4.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.9%	3.3%	5.1%
5 / 1997	6.7%	3.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	8.4%	3.7%	5.0%
7 / 1997	9.4%	3.4%	4.9%
8 / 1997	11.0%	3.2%	4.8%
9 / 1997	7.6%	3.1%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.6%	2.9%	4.7%
11 / 1997	6.5%	3.2%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.8%	3.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1996	11.1%	4.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	10.7%	4.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	10.3%	4.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	9.4%	4.2%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.8%	4.3%	5.6%
6 / 1996	10.0%	4.8%	5.3%
7 / 1996	13.1%	4.5%	5.5%
8 / 1996	13.6%	4.1%	5.1%
9 / 1996	9.4%	3.9%	5.2%
10 / 1996	6.4%	3.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	8.2%	3.8%	5.4%
12 / 1996	9.0%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1995	8.7%	4.3%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.3%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.3%	4.1%	5.4%
4 / 1995	7.2%	3.9%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.7%	3.9%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.9%	4.4%	5.6%
7 / 1995	11.3%	4.2%	5.7%
8 / 1995	12.0%	4.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	9.2%	3.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.5%	3.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.7%	3.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.8%	3.9%	5.6%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1994	9.8%	5.4%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.3%	5.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.0%	5.2%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.4%	4.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	8.7%	4.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	9.3%	4.6%	6.1%
7 / 1994	9.9%	4.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	10.1%	3.9%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.9%	3.6%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.2%	3.4%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.0%	3.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	6.6%	3.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1993	13.3%	6.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.4%	6.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.6%	6.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	9.2%	5.5%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.1%	5.3%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.9%	5.7%	7.0%
7 / 1993	8.4%	5.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	8.2%	4.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.3%	4.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.7%	4.4%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.5%	4.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.9%	4.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1992	12.7%	6.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.6%	6.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	11.0%	6.5%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.7%	5.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	10.1%	5.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	13.9%	6.4%	7.8%
7 / 1992	16.7%	5.9%	7.7%
8 / 1992	16.6%	5.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	12.1%	5.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	9.1%	5.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	10.2%	5.8%	7.4%
12 / 1992	11.4%	6.0%	7.4%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1991	12.6%	5.8%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.6%	5.7%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.2%	5.6%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.3%	4.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.9%	4.9%	6.9%
6 / 1991	9.1%	5.4%	6.9%
7 / 1991	12.7%	5.1%	6.8%
8 / 1991	14.7%	4.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	9.9%	4.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.0%	4.9%	7.0%
11 / 1991	8.7%	5.3%	7.0%
12 / 1991	10.9%	5.5%	7.3%

Month/Year	Rio Grande County, CO%	Colorado%	National %
1 / 1990	12.4%	6.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.2%	5.9%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.9%	5.8%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.0%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.7%	5.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.0%	5.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	15.4%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 1990	15.6%	4.8%	5.7%
9 / 1990	10.9%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.6%	4.6%	5.9%
11 / 1990	8.2%	4.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.8%	4.9%	6.3%