Van Buren County, MI Unemployment Rate Report

Van Buren County, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Van Buren County, Michigan has ranged from 2.5% in August 1999 to 20.9% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Van Buren County is 4.8% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Van Buren County, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Van Buren County, MI Current Unemployment - 4.8%

Van Buren County, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	6.0%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	6.2%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.0%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.7%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.6%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.1%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.8%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	8.1%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.8%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.6%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	6.4%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.4%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.8%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.6%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.6%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.8%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.3%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.0%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.7%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	5.3%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.5%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.2%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	20.9%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	16.7%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.6%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.8%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.7%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.8%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.6%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.4%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.4%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	6.3%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	5.1%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.5%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	4.1%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.2%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.8%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.4%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.4%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.2%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.2%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	6.9%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.9%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.1%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.6%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.2%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.1%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.0%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	5.0%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	7.5%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.4%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.3%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.9%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.6%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.0%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.5%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.7%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.7%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.9%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	6.8%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.1%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.9%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.5%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.1%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.8%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.0%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.3%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.9%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.8%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.8%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.2%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	8.5%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	8.1%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.6%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.3%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.5%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.5%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.5%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.9%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.8%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.0%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.8%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	10.3%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.5%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.1%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.9%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.3%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.1%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.6%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.2%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.4%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.0%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.4%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.8%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	13.0%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	11.9%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	11.1%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.5%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	10.1%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.7%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.7%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.2%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.8%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.6%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.7%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	9.1%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	12.2%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.1%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	11.3%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.7%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.5%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	10.9%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	11.6%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	10.1%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.3%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.1%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.2%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.7%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	13.8%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.4%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.5%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	11.1%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	11.5%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.9%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	12.1%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.0%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.5%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.9%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.8%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	11.0%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	16.3%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.1%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	15.3%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.8%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	13.4%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.2%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.8%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.2%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.4%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.2%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.0%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.8%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	12.6%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	13.3%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	13.1%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.9%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	12.2%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.0%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	13.3%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.4%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.6%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.3%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.5%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.9%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	8.7%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	8.5%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	8.1%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.5%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.2%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.7%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	8.1%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	7.6%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.4%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	7.5%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.3%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.2%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	8.7%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.4%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.6%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.8%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.5%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.7%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.0%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.2%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.0%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.8%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.5%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.0%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	8.1%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.5%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.9%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.8%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	7.0%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.9%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	7.3%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.3%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.8%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.4%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.1%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	7.2%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	8.8%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.0%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.3%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.7%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.6%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.7%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	7.5%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.7%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.9%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.6%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.3%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.4%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	8.3%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.3%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.5%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.8%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.7%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.6%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.1%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.7%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.9%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.9%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	8.0%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	7.9%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.9%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.7%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.5%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.9%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.5%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.4%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.7%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.2%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.8%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.6%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	7.2%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	8.0%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.6%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.6%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.2%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.8%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.3%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.8%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.2%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.7%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.7%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.7%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.7%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	6.5%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.2%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.1%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.8%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.8%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.6%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	5.9%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.5%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.7%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.8%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.9%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.7%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	4.9%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.8%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.5%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.7%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.5%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.6%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.3%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.0%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.1%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.1%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	5.7%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.5%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.9%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.6%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.5%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.6%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.6%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.5%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.7%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.6%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.5%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.3%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	6.2%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.0%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.5%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.4%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.1%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.0%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.1%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.3%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.3%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.3%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.6%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.3%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	7.8%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.5%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.6%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.1%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.8%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.9%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.7%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.0%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.2%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.5%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.4%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.3%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	8.8%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.2%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.1%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.4%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.2%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.8%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	6.7%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.3%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.0%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.1%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.7%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	6.4%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	9.3%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.3%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.7%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.9%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	6.5%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	6.0%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	4.9%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.9%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.7%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	6.1%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	6.9%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	11.0%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.0%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.0%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	7.2%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.7%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.7%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.4%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	5.4%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.1%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.1%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	6.7%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.2%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	10.4%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.8%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.8%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.8%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.0%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	8.0%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.4%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.1%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.4%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.9%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	8.2%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.0%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	11.7%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.9%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.6%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.6%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.5%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.8%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.9%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.3%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.2%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.8%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	8.7%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.3%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	10.4%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	11.2%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	11.1%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.3%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	10.7%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.4%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	9.8%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.5%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.8%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.6%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.0%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.9%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Van Buren County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	10.3%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	10.2%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	9.6%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.9%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.2%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	9.4%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.4%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	7.5%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.3%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.9%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.6%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.7%	8.0%	6.3%