Grand Traverse County, MI Unemployment Rate Report

Grand Traverse County, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Grand Traverse County, Michigan has ranged from 2.2% in October 1998 to 24.1% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Grand Traverse County is 3.3% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Grand Traverse County, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Grand Traverse County, MI Current Unemployment - 3.3%

Grand Traverse County, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	4.5%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.6%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.0%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.7%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	3.6%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.9%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.5%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.3%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	7.2%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.8%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.7%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.4%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.3%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.4%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.1%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.3%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	3.8%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.4%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.3%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.9%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	4.0%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.5%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.5%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	24.1%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	18.3%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.0%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	7.3%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.6%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.3%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.7%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	5.1%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	7.1%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	4.9%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.7%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.7%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.5%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.1%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.3%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.7%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.0%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.6%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.6%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.1%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	5.0%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	5.2%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.9%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.9%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.6%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.6%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.8%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	5.4%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.7%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.1%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.9%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.3%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.9%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.5%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.5%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	5.1%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.4%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.6%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.5%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.1%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.1%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.7%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.7%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.6%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.7%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.4%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	6.4%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.3%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.0%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.8%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.6%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.7%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.9%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.7%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.2%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	7.9%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.2%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.0%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.2%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.2%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.8%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.1%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	4.9%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.5%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.6%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.0%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	9.9%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.4%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.9%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	7.8%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.7%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.8%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.7%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.7%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.6%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	6.7%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.5%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.8%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	10.0%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	10.1%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.8%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.1%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.3%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	8.2%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	8.6%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.5%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.0%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.9%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.0%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.1%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	12.0%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.7%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.4%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.2%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.9%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.7%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.7%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	9.0%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	8.9%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	8.3%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	8.1%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.9%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	14.0%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	14.1%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.9%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.4%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.5%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.0%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.2%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	10.3%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.2%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.0%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.4%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	10.8%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	10.5%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.1%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.8%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.1%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.9%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.1%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	11.7%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	11.0%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	11.5%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	11.8%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	11.8%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.7%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	7.7%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.1%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.0%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.7%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.1%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	6.9%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.1%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.5%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.6%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.8%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	7.4%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	8.8%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	7.7%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.8%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.7%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.1%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.7%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.2%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.1%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.6%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.8%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.7%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.1%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.2%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	7.1%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.8%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.6%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.6%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.2%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.7%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.7%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.4%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.4%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.0%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.6%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.4%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	7.5%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	8.0%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	7.5%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.1%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.8%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.4%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.3%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.8%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.2%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.8%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.5%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.2%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	7.5%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.8%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.2%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.4%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.2%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.3%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.0%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.5%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.5%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.4%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.9%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.9%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	7.1%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.5%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.5%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.4%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.3%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.2%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.2%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.4%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.6%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.2%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.6%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.2%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	7.1%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.3%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.7%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.4%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.6%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.5%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	5.7%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.5%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.4%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.0%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.7%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.7%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	5.6%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.1%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.2%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.2%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.5%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.4%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.0%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.9%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.0%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.0%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.9%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.9%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	4.3%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.4%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.3%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.0%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.3%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.2%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.0%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	2.9%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.6%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.1%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	4.2%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	4.7%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.6%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.7%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.2%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.5%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	2.6%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.4%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.4%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.2%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.5%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	5.2%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.2%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.0%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.1%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.1%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.2%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	2.3%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.5%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	2.6%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.2%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.6%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.3%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	5.6%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	5.5%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.2%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.1%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.7%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.8%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.7%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	2.9%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.1%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	2.7%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.8%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	6.8%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.1%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.9%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.7%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.7%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.4%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	4.9%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.1%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.4%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	2.9%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.7%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.2%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	7.2%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.0%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.3%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.7%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.1%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	5.6%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.6%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.6%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.3%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.8%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.2%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	8.1%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	7.9%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.0%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	6.2%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	5.4%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.2%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.6%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.5%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.7%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.6%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.3%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	5.4%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	8.4%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.2%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.6%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.8%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.1%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.2%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.0%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	4.8%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.0%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.1%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.1%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.9%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	10.5%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.8%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.6%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.9%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	8.3%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.2%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.7%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.4%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.8%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.0%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.3%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.9%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	8.9%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	9.7%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.2%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	9.4%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.0%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.6%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.4%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.6%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	7.0%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.8%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.0%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.9%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Grand Traverse County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	8.2%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	8.3%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.9%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.0%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	6.5%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	6.4%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.4%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.5%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.9%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.1%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.7%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.1%	8.0%	6.3%