High Unemployment Area
Dorchester County, MD Current Unemployment - 5.0%
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
Dorchester County, MD Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2022
4.9%
4.4%
4.0%
2 / 2022
4.8%
4.4%
3.8%
3 / 2022
4.6%
4.3%
3.6%
4 / 2022
3.5%
3.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.7%
3.7%
3.6%
6 / 2022
4.9%
4.7%
3.6%
7 / 2022
4.6%
4.2%
3.5%
8 / 2022
5.0%
4.4%
3.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2021
7.2%
6.4%
6.3%
2 / 2021
6.6%
6.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
6.3%
6.0%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.3%
5.9%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.8%
5.9%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.4%
6.7%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.3%
6.1%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.5%
6.2%
5.2%
9 / 2021
5.4%
5.4%
4.7%
10 / 2021
5.2%
5.2%
4.6%
11 / 2021
5.1%
5.0%
4.2%
12 / 2021
4.9%
4.7%
3.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2020
5.1%
3.6%
3.6%
2 / 2020
4.9%
4.1%
3.5%
3 / 2020
5.2%
3.5%
4.4%
4 / 2020
10.2%
10.1%
14.7%
5 / 2020
9.5%
9.7%
13.3%
6 / 2020
8.1%
8.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
7.7%
8.0%
10.2%
8 / 2020
7.6%
7.2%
8.4%
9 / 2020
6.3%
7.3%
7.9%
10 / 2020
6.3%
7.7%
6.9%
11 / 2020
6.8%
6.6%
6.7%
12 / 2020
7.2%
6.7%
6.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2019
5.8%
4.3%
4.0%
2 / 2019
5.8%
4.0%
3.8%
3 / 2019
5.3%
3.7%
3.8%
4 / 2019
4.6%
3.2%
3.6%
5 / 2019
4.4%
3.4%
3.6%
6 / 2019
5.2%
3.9%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.7%
3.9%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.6%
3.7%
3.7%
9 / 2019
4.0%
3.3%
3.5%
10 / 2019
4.3%
3.3%
3.6%
11 / 2019
4.2%
3.2%
3.5%
12 / 2019
4.2%
3.0%
3.5%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2018
6.6%
4.6%
4.1%
2 / 2018
6.5%
4.5%
4.1%
3 / 2018
5.8%
4.1%
4.0%
4 / 2018
5.0%
3.7%
3.9%
5 / 2018
4.8%
3.7%
3.8%
6 / 2018
5.2%
4.3%
4.0%
7 / 2018
5.1%
4.1%
3.9%
8 / 2018
5.1%
4.0%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.4%
3.6%
3.7%
10 / 2018
4.5%
3.6%
3.8%
11 / 2018
4.4%
3.5%
3.7%
12 / 2018
5.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2017
7.3%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2017
7.0%
4.6%
4.7%
3 / 2017
6.5%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2017
5.6%
3.9%
4.4%
5 / 2017
5.3%
4.0%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.6%
4.4%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.4%
4.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.8%
4.3%
4.4%
9 / 2017
5.1%
4.0%
4.2%
10 / 2017
5.2%
4.0%
4.1%
11 / 2017
5.5%
4.1%
4.2%
12 / 2017
6.0%
4.0%
4.1%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2016
7.4%
4.9%
4.9%
2 / 2016
7.3%
4.8%
4.9%
3 / 2016
6.9%
4.6%
5.0%
4 / 2016
6.0%
4.1%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.7%
4.2%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.8%
4.7%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
4.6%
4.8%
8 / 2016
6.2%
4.5%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.7%
4.3%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.6%
4.4%
4.9%
11 / 2016
6.0%
4.2%
4.7%
12 / 2016
6.4%
4.1%
4.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2015
9.6%
5.9%
5.7%
2 / 2015
9.0%
5.7%
5.5%
3 / 2015
8.4%
5.4%
5.4%
4 / 2015
7.2%
4.8%
5.4%
5 / 2015
7.0%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.7%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.5%
5.3%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.3%
5.0%
5.1%
9 / 2015
5.9%
4.7%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.1%
4.7%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.5%
4.6%
5.1%
12 / 2015
6.7%
4.4%
5.0%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2014
9.9%
6.3%
6.6%
2 / 2014
9.5%
6.3%
6.7%
3 / 2014
8.9%
6.1%
6.7%
4 / 2014
8.3%
5.5%
6.2%
5 / 2014
8.3%
5.8%
6.3%
6 / 2014
8.2%
6.1%
6.1%
7 / 2014
8.1%
6.1%
6.2%
8 / 2014
7.9%
6.0%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.4%
5.5%
5.9%
10 / 2014
7.5%
5.4%
5.7%
11 / 2014
8.2%
5.4%
5.8%
12 / 2014
8.5%
5.2%
5.6%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2013
12.2%
7.4%
8.0%
2 / 2013
11.6%
7.1%
7.7%
3 / 2013
10.6%
6.8%
7.5%
4 / 2013
10.1%
6.4%
7.6%
5 / 2013
9.6%
6.7%
7.5%
6 / 2013
9.6%
7.1%
7.5%
7 / 2013
9.3%
6.8%
7.3%
8 / 2013
9.0%
6.5%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.7%
6.3%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.8%
6.5%
7.2%
11 / 2013
8.9%
6.0%
6.9%
12 / 2013
9.1%
5.8%
6.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2012
12.6%
7.3%
8.3%
2 / 2012
12.3%
7.3%
8.3%
3 / 2012
11.2%
7.0%
8.2%
4 / 2012
10.7%
6.5%
8.2%
5 / 2012
10.6%
6.9%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.3%
7.3%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.5%
7.3%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.3%
7.1%
8.1%
9 / 2012
10.0%
6.7%
7.8%
10 / 2012
10.2%
6.7%
7.8%
11 / 2012
10.3%
6.6%
7.7%
12 / 2012
11.1%
6.7%
7.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2011
12.5%
7.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
12.6%
7.6%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.9%
7.3%
9.0%
4 / 2011
11.0%
6.9%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.8%
7.1%
9.0%
6 / 2011
10.7%
7.6%
9.1%
7 / 2011
10.6%
7.5%
9.0%
8 / 2011
10.6%
7.4%
9.0%
9 / 2011
10.5%
7.2%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.5%
7.0%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.5%
6.8%
8.6%
12 / 2011
11.3%
6.8%
8.5%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2010
12.8%
8.1%
9.8%
2 / 2010
13.5%
8.3%
9.8%
3 / 2010
13.0%
8.1%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.5%
7.3%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.1%
7.4%
9.6%
6 / 2010
11.1%
7.7%
9.4%
7 / 2010
10.7%
7.8%
9.4%
8 / 2010
10.5%
7.7%
9.5%
9 / 2010
10.3%
7.4%
9.5%
10 / 2010
10.2%
7.3%
9.4%
11 / 2010
10.7%
7.4%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.4%
7.2%
9.3%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2009
10.6%
6.5%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.4%
6.8%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.5%
6.8%
8.7%
4 / 2009
9.7%
6.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.6%
6.9%
9.4%
6 / 2009
10.1%
7.3%
9.5%
7 / 2009
10.8%
7.2%
9.5%
8 / 2009
10.8%
7.2%
9.6%
9 / 2009
10.4%
7.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
10.6%
7.2%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.3%
7.2%
9.9%
12 / 2009
11.9%
7.3%
9.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2008
6.8%
3.6%
5.0%
2 / 2008
6.7%
3.5%
4.9%
3 / 2008
6.3%
3.4%
5.1%
4 / 2008
6.0%
3.2%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.8%
3.8%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.1%
4.3%
5.6%
7 / 2008
6.0%
4.4%
5.8%
8 / 2008
6.4%
4.6%
6.1%
9 / 2008
6.4%
4.5%
6.1%
10 / 2008
6.7%
4.8%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.2%
5.0%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.2%
5.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2007
6.5%
4.0%
4.6%
2 / 2007
6.4%
3.8%
4.5%
3 / 2007
5.4%
3.4%
4.4%
4 / 2007
5.9%
3.2%
4.5%
5 / 2007
5.7%
3.3%
4.4%
6 / 2007
5.8%
3.7%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.8%
3.7%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.7%
3.4%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.4%
3.3%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.2%
3.3%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.4%
3.1%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.9%
3.1%
5.0%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2006
6.2%
3.9%
4.7%
2 / 2006
6.7%
4.0%
4.8%
3 / 2006
5.9%
3.7%
4.7%
4 / 2006
5.2%
3.6%
4.7%
5 / 2006
6.0%
3.9%
4.6%
6 / 2006
5.7%
4.3%
4.6%
7 / 2006
5.7%
4.3%
4.7%
8 / 2006
5.6%
4.1%
4.7%
9 / 2006
5.7%
3.8%
4.5%
10 / 2006
5.2%
3.6%
4.4%
11 / 2006
5.3%
3.6%
4.5%
12 / 2006
5.6%
3.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2005
6.4%
4.6%
5.3%
2 / 2005
6.7%
4.7%
5.4%
3 / 2005
6.0%
4.4%
5.2%
4 / 2005
5.7%
4.0%
5.2%
5 / 2005
5.8%
4.1%
5.1%
6 / 2005
5.3%
4.5%
5.0%
7 / 2005
5.1%
4.3%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.8%
4.0%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.8%
3.9%
5.0%
10 / 2005
4.5%
3.8%
5.0%
11 / 2005
4.7%
3.8%
5.0%
12 / 2005
5.5%
3.5%
4.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2004
7.3%
4.7%
5.7%
2 / 2004
7.3%
4.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
7.0%
4.4%
5.8%
4 / 2004
6.3%
3.9%
5.6%
5 / 2004
5.7%
4.1%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.6%
4.6%
5.6%
7 / 2004
5.2%
4.5%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.8%
4.2%
5.4%
9 / 2004
4.6%
4.0%
5.4%
10 / 2004
4.7%
4.0%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.0%
4.1%
5.4%
12 / 2004
5.7%
4.0%
5.4%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2003
7.6%
4.7%
5.8%
2 / 2003
8.4%
4.8%
5.9%
3 / 2003
7.4%
4.6%
5.9%
4 / 2003
7.8%
4.2%
6.0%
5 / 2003
7.3%
4.4%
6.1%
6 / 2003
7.2%
4.9%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.3%
4.6%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.2%
4.4%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.2%
4.2%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.9%
4.1%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.9%
4.2%
5.8%
12 / 2003
6.2%
4.1%
5.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2002
8.4%
5.1%
5.7%
2 / 2002
7.9%
4.8%
5.7%
3 / 2002
7.4%
4.6%
5.7%
4 / 2002
6.9%
4.4%
5.9%
5 / 2002
6.7%
4.3%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.3%
4.7%
5.8%
7 / 2002
5.4%
4.5%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.1%
4.4%
5.7%
9 / 2002
5.4%
4.0%
5.7%
10 / 2002
4.9%
4.0%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.8%
4.3%
5.9%
12 / 2002
6.6%
4.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2001
6.9%
3.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
6.4%
3.9%
4.2%
3 / 2001
6.6%
3.7%
4.3%
4 / 2001
6.4%
3.5%
4.4%
5 / 2001
6.3%
3.6%
4.3%
6 / 2001
6.0%
4.0%
4.5%
7 / 2001
5.7%
4.1%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.6%
4.2%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.5%
4.2%
5.0%
10 / 2001
5.8%
4.4%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.0%
4.5%
5.5%
12 / 2001
7.0%
4.3%
5.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 2000
6.2%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
6.6%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2000
6.2%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
4.8%
3.2%
3.8%
5 / 2000
4.9%
3.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
5.0%
3.9%
4.0%
7 / 2000
4.7%
3.8%
4.0%
8 / 2000
4.7%
3.8%
4.1%
9 / 2000
4.4%
3.5%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.2%
3.4%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.7%
3.5%
3.9%
12 / 2000
5.2%
3.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1999
10.2%
4.2%
4.3%
2 / 1999
10.3%
4.2%
4.4%
3 / 1999
9.9%
3.8%
4.2%
4 / 1999
8.3%
3.5%
4.3%
5 / 1999
8.3%
3.5%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.7%
3.8%
4.3%
7 / 1999
6.2%
3.7%
4.3%
8 / 1999
5.6%
3.5%
4.2%
9 / 1999
5.4%
3.3%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.1%
3.2%
4.1%
11 / 1999
6.0%
3.2%
4.1%
12 / 1999
6.8%
3.0%
4.0%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1998
12.8%
5.3%
4.6%
2 / 1998
13.1%
5.1%
4.6%
3 / 1998
13.2%
4.9%
4.7%
4 / 1998
10.6%
4.2%
4.3%
5 / 1998
11.4%
4.3%
4.4%
6 / 1998
9.2%
4.7%
4.5%
7 / 1998
7.6%
4.7%
4.5%
8 / 1998
6.7%
4.4%
4.5%
9 / 1998
6.3%
4.0%
4.6%
10 / 1998
6.9%
4.0%
4.5%
11 / 1998
7.1%
3.8%
4.4%
12 / 1998
8.7%
3.5%
4.4%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1997
14.2%
5.5%
5.3%
2 / 1997
14.5%
5.5%
5.2%
3 / 1997
13.2%
5.2%
5.2%
4 / 1997
12.9%
4.8%
5.1%
5 / 1997
9.6%
4.8%
4.9%
6 / 1997
9.4%
5.2%
5.0%
7 / 1997
10.8%
5.0%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.1%
4.8%
4.8%
9 / 1997
7.2%
4.9%
4.9%
10 / 1997
7.5%
4.6%
4.7%
11 / 1997
7.3%
4.6%
4.6%
12 / 1997
9.8%
4.6%
4.7%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1996
15.2%
5.9%
5.6%
2 / 1996
14.3%
5.6%
5.5%
3 / 1996
15.6%
5.3%
5.5%
4 / 1996
14.2%
4.9%
5.6%
5 / 1996
11.9%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 1996
9.4%
5.1%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.5%
5.2%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.0%
4.8%
5.1%
9 / 1996
7.7%
4.8%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.1%
4.7%
5.2%
11 / 1996
7.8%
4.7%
5.4%
12 / 1996
10.3%
4.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1995
12.2%
5.4%
5.6%
2 / 1995
12.9%
5.2%
5.4%
3 / 1995
12.2%
5.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
11.4%
5.0%
5.8%
5 / 1995
9.1%
5.0%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.2%
5.4%
5.6%
7 / 1995
8.9%
5.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
8.0%
5.0%
5.7%
9 / 1995
7.6%
4.9%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.4%
4.8%
5.5%
11 / 1995
8.3%
4.9%
5.6%
12 / 1995
10.7%
4.7%
5.6%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1994
13.2%
6.2%
6.6%
2 / 1994
13.3%
6.2%
6.6%
3 / 1994
13.0%
5.9%
6.5%
4 / 1994
11.6%
5.3%
6.4%
5 / 1994
8.4%
5.2%
6.1%
6 / 1994
7.3%
5.4%
6.1%
7 / 1994
7.7%
5.2%
6.1%
8 / 1994
6.5%
5.1%
6.0%
9 / 1994
6.9%
4.9%
5.9%
10 / 1994
6.5%
4.8%
5.8%
11 / 1994
6.7%
4.7%
5.6%
12 / 1994
8.8%
4.5%
5.5%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1993
14.2%
6.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
14.2%
6.8%
7.1%
3 / 1993
13.6%
6.6%
7.0%
4 / 1993
13.2%
6.2%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.7%
6.2%
7.1%
6 / 1993
8.8%
6.6%
7.0%
7 / 1993
8.5%
6.4%
6.9%
8 / 1993
8.1%
6.1%
6.8%
9 / 1993
7.7%
5.8%
6.7%
10 / 1993
8.0%
5.8%
6.8%
11 / 1993
8.6%
5.5%
6.6%
12 / 1993
10.0%
5.3%
6.5%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1992
15.5%
7.4%
7.3%
2 / 1992
17.1%
7.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
16.6%
7.3%
7.4%
4 / 1992
14.0%
6.8%
7.4%
5 / 1992
12.0%
6.8%
7.6%
6 / 1992
11.5%
7.2%
7.8%
7 / 1992
12.0%
6.8%
7.7%
8 / 1992
11.2%
6.4%
7.6%
9 / 1992
10.7%
6.5%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.0%
6.3%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.8%
6.4%
7.4%
12 / 1992
12.3%
6.1%
7.4%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1991
13.2%
6.2%
6.4%
2 / 1991
13.8%
6.6%
6.6%
3 / 1991
13.3%
6.2%
6.8%
4 / 1991
9.4%
5.8%
6.7%
5 / 1991
8.5%
6.0%
6.9%
6 / 1991
9.7%
6.3%
6.9%
7 / 1991
7.4%
6.0%
6.8%
8 / 1991
6.8%
5.8%
6.9%
9 / 1991
7.1%
5.8%
6.9%
10 / 1991
7.9%
6.0%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.1%
6.2%
7.0%
12 / 1991
10.5%
6.4%
7.3%
Month/Year
Dorchester County, MD%
Maryland%
National %
1 / 1990
9.4%
4.5%
5.4%
2 / 1990
10.0%
4.1%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.9%
3.6%
5.2%
4 / 1990
7.4%
3.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
6.2%
3.9%
5.4%
6 / 1990
5.6%
4.4%
5.2%
7 / 1990
5.6%
4.5%
5.5%
8 / 1990
5.5%
4.7%
5.7%
9 / 1990
5.7%
4.8%
5.9%
10 / 1990
6.0%
4.8%
5.9%
11 / 1990
7.7%
5.3%
6.2%
12 / 1990
9.2%
5.3%
6.3%