New Castle County, DE Unemployment Rate Report

New Castle County, DE Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in New Castle County, Delaware has ranged from 2.4% in December 1998 to 15.0% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for New Castle County is 4.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

New Castle County, DE Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

New Castle County, DE Current Unemployment - 4.6%

New Castle County, DE Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2022	5.0%	5.2%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.5%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.5%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.3%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.2%	4.3%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.9%	4.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.6%	4.6%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.6%	4.6%	3.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2021	6.3%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.5%	6.6%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.5%	6.6%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.6%	6.1%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.0%	5.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.9%	5.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.7%	5.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.9%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.6%	4.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.0%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.0%	4.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2020	3.8%	4.2%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.8%	4.0%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.8%	5.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.1%	14.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	15.0%	15.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.0%	12.9%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.0%	10.7%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.5%	9.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.7%	8.3%	7.9%
10 / 2020	5.7%	5.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.8%	5.1%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.9%	5.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2019	3.6%	3.9%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.5%	3.8%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.4%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.3%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.1%	4.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.0%	3.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.8%	3.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.3%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2018	4.2%	4.5%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.6%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.0%	3.9%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	3.4%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.8%	3.1%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	5.0%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.5%	4.7%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.3%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.9%	4.9%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.9%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	4.7%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.7%	3.8%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.5%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2016	4.7%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.6%	4.9%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.4%	4.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.3%	4.4%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.1%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.9%	4.8%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.8%	4.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.7%	4.7%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.5%	4.5%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.3%	4.4%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.9%	4.0%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	4.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2015	5.1%	5.5%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.0%	5.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.7%	5.1%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.6%	4.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.2%	5.2%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.1%	5.1%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.0%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.7%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.5%	4.6%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.1%	4.2%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.9%	4.2%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2014	6.1%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.1%	6.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.8%	6.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.6%	5.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	5.5%	5.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.1%	6.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.0%	5.9%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.8%	5.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.4%	5.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.1%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.4%	4.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.2%	4.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2013	7.3%	7.8%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.2%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.9%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.7%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.4%	6.6%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.1%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	6.9%	6.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.7%	6.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.3%	6.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.0%	6.1%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.4%	5.7%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.3%	5.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2012	7.1%	7.6%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.1%	7.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.0%	7.3%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.8%	7.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.7%	6.8%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.5%	7.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.5%	7.4%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.4%	7.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.1%	7.2%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.9%	7.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.5%	6.7%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.5%	6.8%	7.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2011	8.0%	8.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.9%	8.3%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.5%	7.9%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.2%	7.5%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.0%	7.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.7%	7.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.6%	7.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.5%	7.5%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.2%	7.3%	9.0%
10 / 2011	6.9%	7.2%	8.8%
11 / 2011	6.4%	6.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	6.3%	6.7%	8.5%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2010	8.9%	9.3%	9.8%
2 / 2010	8.8%	9.4%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.6%	9.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	8.3%	8.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	8.1%	8.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	8.7%	8.6%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.6%	8.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.5%	8.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.2%	8.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.9%	8.0%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.4%	7.7%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.3%	7.6%	9.3%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2009	7.4%	7.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	8.0%	8.2%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.9%	8.2%	8.7%
4 / 2009	8.0%	8.1%	9.0%
5 / 2009	8.1%	8.0%	9.4%
6 / 2009	8.9%	8.6%	9.5%
7 / 2009	8.9%	8.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	8.8%	8.4%	9.6%
9 / 2009	8.8%	8.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	8.6%	8.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	8.2%	8.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.2%	8.4%	9.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2008	4.3%	4.4%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.1%	4.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	4.0%	4.2%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.9%	4.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.0%	4.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.9%	4.8%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.2%	4.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.4%	5.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.7%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.8%	5.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.7%	5.9%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.1%	6.3%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2007	3.8%	3.9%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.8%	3.9%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.7%	3.7%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.4%	3.4%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.1%	3.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.8%	3.6%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.7%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.4%	3.2%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.4%	3.2%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	3.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.1%	3.2%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.2%	3.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2006	4.5%	4.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.3%	4.3%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.9%	3.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.7%	3.5%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.5%	3.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.1%	3.8%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.1%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.0%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.8%	3.4%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.5%	3.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.1%	2.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.0%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2005	4.8%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.5%	4.5%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.3%	4.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.0%	3.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.1%	4.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.0%	4.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.7%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.5%	4.1%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.5%	4.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.9%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.9%	3.8%	4.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2004	4.5%	4.4%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.3%	4.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.2%	4.2%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.9%	3.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.7%	3.5%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	4.1%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.6%	4.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.6%	4.0%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.2%	3.9%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.8%	3.6%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.7%	3.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2003	4.6%	4.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.8%	4.9%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.9%	4.8%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.4%	4.4%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.1%	3.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.8%	4.6%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.9%	4.5%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.8%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.4%	4.1%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.1%	3.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.6%	3.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.6%	3.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2002	4.4%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.3%	4.5%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.3%	4.4%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.4%	4.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	3.9%	3.8%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.6%	4.4%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.4%	4.1%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.3%	4.0%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.0%	3.7%	5.7%
10 / 2002	3.8%	3.7%	5.7%
11 / 2002	3.5%	3.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	3.5%	3.6%	6.0%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2001	4.5%	4.6%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.2%	4.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.5%	3.8%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.1%	3.4%	4.4%
5 / 2001	2.8%	2.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.5%	3.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.4%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.4%	3.3%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.2%	3.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.2%	3.2%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.0%	3.1%	5.5%
12 / 2001	3.3%	3.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 2000	4.0%	4.1%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.7%	4.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.5%	3.9%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.3%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	3.9%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.9%	3.9%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.6%	3.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.5%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.1%	3.3%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.5%	3.5%	3.9%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1999	3.2%	3.9%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.2%	3.9%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.0%	3.6%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.0%	3.4%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.5%	3.7%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.8%	3.5%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.3%	3.4%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.1%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.1%	3.3%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.7%	3.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.7%	3.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1998	4.1%	4.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.2%	4.4%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.7%	4.1%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.5%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.3%	3.4%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.2%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.6%	4.0%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.8%	3.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.5%	3.5%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.0%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.6%	2.9%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.4%	2.8%	4.4%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1997	5.2%	5.4%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.8%	5.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.3%	4.5%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.8%	4.0%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.4%	4.3%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.2%	4.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.9%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.3%	3.4%	4.7%
11 / 1997	2.8%	3.0%	4.6%
12 / 1997	2.8%	3.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1996	5.9%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.2%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.6%	5.5%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.5%	4.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.2%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.6%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1996	6.1%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	6.0%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.7%	5.2%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.0%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.7%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1995	4.1%	4.6%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.0%	4.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.8%	4.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.7%	4.1%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.5%	3.8%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.9%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.5%	4.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.4%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.5%	4.3%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.4%	4.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.0%	4.2%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.1%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1994	5.5%	6.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.4%	6.1%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.2%	5.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.8%	5.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.5%	4.6%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.1%	5.1%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.4%	4.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.7%	4.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.3%	4.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.9%	4.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.4%	3.7%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.3%	3.6%	5.5%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1993	5.0%	5.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.1%	5.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	4.8%	5.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	4.7%	4.8%	7.1%
5 / 1993	4.3%	4.4%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.1%	5.2%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.2%	5.1%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.2%	5.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.0%	5.1%	6.7%
10 / 1993	4.9%	5.1%	6.8%
11 / 1993	4.4%	4.8%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.5%	4.9%	6.5%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1992	6.6%	6.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	6.1%	6.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.8%	5.9%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.5%	5.5%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.4%	5.2%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.3%	5.9%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.0%	5.5%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.7%	5.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.4%	5.2%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.5%	5.1%	7.3%
11 / 1992	4.4%	4.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	4.2%	4.4%	7.4%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1991	7.1%	7.4%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.4%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.0%	7.1%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.7%	6.7%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.2%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	6.7%	6.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.4%	6.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	7.0%	6.0%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.1%	5.7%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.5%	5.4%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.0%	5.0%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.0%	5.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	New Castle County, DE%	Delaware%	National %
1 / 1990	5.2%	4.6%	5.4%
2 / 1990	4.3%	4.4%	5.3%
3 / 1990	4.0%	4.0%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.7%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.6%	3.4%	5.4%
6 / 1990	4.6%	4.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.0%	4.2%	5.5%
8 / 1990	4.7%	4.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	6.0%	5.6%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.2%	6.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	6.9%	6.1%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.8%	6.3%	6.3%