Box Butte County, NE Unemployment Rate Report

Box Butte County, NE Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Box Butte County, Nebraska has ranged from 1.7% in November 2021 to 8.8% in April 2001. The current unemployment rate for Box Butte County is 2.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Box Butte County, NE Unemployment Rate by Month

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Box Butte County, NE Current Unemployment - 2.2%

Box Butte County, NE Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2022	2.3%	2.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.1%	2.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.1%	2.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.0%	1.9%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.0%	2.0%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.5%	2.5%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.7%	2.5%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.2%	2.2%	3.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2021	3.4%	3.2%	6.3%
2 / 2021	2.8%	3.2%	6.2%
3 / 2021	2.5%	2.8%	6.0%
4 / 2021	2.2%	2.3%	6.1%
5 / 2021	2.2%	2.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	2.8%	2.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.1%	2.7%	5.4%
8 / 2021	2.5%	2.5%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.1%	2.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.0%	2.0%	4.6%
11 / 2021	1.7%	1.7%	4.2%
12 / 2021	1.9%	1.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2020	3.3%	3.4%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.1%	3.2%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.7%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	7.6%	8.6%	14.7%
5 / 2020	5.3%	5.2%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.5%	5.7%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.2%	5.1%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.0%	3.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	4.2%	3.4%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.7%	2.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.4%	2.9%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.5%	3.0%	6.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2019	3.2%	3.4%	4.0%
2 / 2019	2.9%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.0%	3.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.3%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.6%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	3.3%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.4%	3.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.0%	2.8%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.0%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.7%	2.6%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.9%	2.7%	3.5%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.2%	3.2%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.1%	3.1%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	3.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.8%	2.8%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.7%	2.7%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.6%	2.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	2.5%	2.8%	3.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2017	4.2%	3.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.0%	3.3%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.5%	3.0%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.2%	2.8%	4.4%
5 / 2017	2.9%	2.8%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.2%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.3%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.1%	2.9%	4.4%
9 / 2017	2.7%	2.7%	4.2%
10 / 2017	2.7%	2.6%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.2%	2.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.2%	2.7%	4.1%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2016	4.1%	3.4%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.0%	3.3%	4.9%
3 / 2016	3.5%	3.2%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.9%	2.9%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	2.9%	4.8%
6 / 2016	3.8%	3.3%	4.9%
7 / 2016	3.7%	3.3%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.3%	3.1%	4.9%
9 / 2016	3.2%	2.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	3.0%	2.9%	4.9%
11 / 2016	3.2%	2.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.7%	2.9%	4.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2015	3.0%	3.4%	5.7%
2 / 2015	2.8%	3.2%	5.5%
3 / 2015	3.1%	3.1%	5.4%
4 / 2015	3.1%	2.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	2.8%	2.9%	5.6%
6 / 2015	3.0%	3.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	3.1%	3.4%	5.2%
8 / 2015	3.0%	3.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	2.6%	2.8%	5.0%
10 / 2015	2.9%	2.8%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.2%	2.7%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.3%	2.8%	5.0%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2014	3.6%	3.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	3.6%	3.8%	6.7%
3 / 2014	3.4%	3.9%	6.7%
4 / 2014	2.9%	3.2%	6.2%
5 / 2014	2.8%	3.2%	6.3%
6 / 2014	3.4%	3.5%	6.1%
7 / 2014	3.6%	3.7%	6.2%
8 / 2014	3.1%	3.1%	6.1%
9 / 2014	2.8%	2.8%	5.9%
10 / 2014	2.5%	2.7%	5.7%
11 / 2014	2.6%	2.5%	5.8%
12 / 2014	2.9%	2.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2013	4.6%	4.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	4.3%	4.3%	7.7%
3 / 2013	3.8%	4.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	3.7%	3.8%	7.6%
5 / 2013	3.7%	3.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	4.1%	4.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	4.1%	4.1%	7.3%
8 / 2013	4.0%	3.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	3.7%	3.4%	7.2%
10 / 2013	3.6%	3.3%	7.2%
11 / 2013	3.4%	3.1%	6.9%
12 / 2013	3.6%	3.4%	6.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2012	4.3%	4.5%	8.3%
2 / 2012	4.4%	4.5%	8.3%
3 / 2012	4.2%	4.2%	8.2%
4 / 2012	3.9%	3.9%	8.2%
5 / 2012	3.8%	3.9%	8.2%
6 / 2012	4.1%	4.2%	8.2%
7 / 2012	4.3%	4.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	4.1%	3.9%	8.1%
9 / 2012	3.6%	3.6%	7.8%
10 / 2012	3.6%	3.6%	7.8%
11 / 2012	3.7%	3.5%	7.7%
12 / 2012	4.0%	3.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2011	5.2%	5.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	5.2%	4.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	4.5%	4.8%	9.0%
4 / 2011	3.8%	4.3%	9.1%
5 / 2011	4.0%	4.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	4.4%	4.7%	9.1%
7 / 2011	4.4%	4.6%	9.0%
8 / 2011	4.3%	4.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	4.0%	4.1%	9.0%
10 / 2011	3.6%	4.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	3.5%	3.7%	8.6%
12 / 2011	3.9%	4.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2010	6.8%	5.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	5.7%	5.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	5.1%	5.2%	9.9%
4 / 2010	4.7%	4.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	4.7%	4.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	5.2%	4.9%	9.4%
7 / 2010	5.5%	4.7%	9.4%
8 / 2010	5.0%	4.4%	9.5%
9 / 2010	4.5%	4.2%	9.5%
10 / 2010	4.1%	4.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	4.2%	4.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	4.3%	4.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2009	6.1%	4.7%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.2%	4.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	5.7%	4.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	5.6%	4.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.1%	4.6%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.8%	4.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.5%	4.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.4%	4.7%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.2%	4.6%	9.8%
10 / 2009	6.6%	4.4%	10.0%
11 / 2009	6.8%	4.3%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.2%	4.7%	9.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2008	4.0%	3.5%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.5%	3.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.4%	3.3%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.1%	3.0%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.3%	3.1%	5.4%
6 / 2008	3.9%	3.5%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.0%	3.5%	5.8%
8 / 2008	3.9%	3.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	3.6%	3.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	3.6%	3.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	4.0%	3.3%	6.8%
12 / 2008	4.4%	3.7%	7.3%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2007	3.3%	3.4%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.2%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.8%	2.9%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.6%	2.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.2%	3.0%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.5%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.5%	3.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.3%	2.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.3%	2.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.1%	2.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.4%	2.9%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.2%	2.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2006	3.6%	3.7%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.4%	3.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.2%	3.3%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.1%	3.0%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.9%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.1%	3.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.4%	3.4%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.1%	3.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.7%	2.9%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.5%	2.8%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.8%	2.7%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.9%	2.9%	4.4%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2005	4.7%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.3%	4.4%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.2%	4.2%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.0%	3.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.9%	3.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.1%	4.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.1%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.9%	3.5%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	3.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.5%	3.3%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.5%	3.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.6%	3.6%	4.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2004	4.7%	4.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.5%	4.3%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.3%	4.1%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.7%	3.6%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.6%	3.7%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.1%	4.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.0%	4.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.9%	3.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.8%	3.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.6%	3.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.8%	3.5%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.1%	3.7%	5.4%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2003	5.7%	4.4%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.5%	4.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.2%	4.2%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.6%	3.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.4%	3.9%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.8%	4.3%	6.3%
7 / 2003	5.0%	4.2%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.5%	3.8%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.2%	3.7%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.1%	3.6%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.2%	3.5%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.3%	3.6%	5.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2002	5.3%	4.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.6%	4.0%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.0%	3.9%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.7%	3.6%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.5%	3.5%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.8%	4.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.7%	3.8%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.5%	3.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.0%	3.4%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.1%	3.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.5%	3.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.6%	3.5%	6.0%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2001	4.6%	3.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.4%	3.3%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.1%	3.2%	4.3%
4 / 2001	8.8%	2.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.2%	2.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.0%	3.3%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.2%	3.3%	4.6%
8 / 2001	3.9%	3.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.4%	2.9%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.5%	3.0%	5.3%
11 / 2001	3.8%	3.0%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.3%	3.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 2000	4.8%	3.2%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.8%	3.1%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.1%	3.0%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.3%	2.7%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.0%	2.8%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	3.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.1%	3.0%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	2.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.3%	2.6%	3.9%
10 / 2000	2.9%	2.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.2%	2.6%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.0%	2.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1999	5.9%	3.3%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.9%	3.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.3%	2.9%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.7%	2.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.5%	2.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	5.3%	3.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	5.4%	3.1%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.5%	2.7%	4.2%
9 / 1999	4.0%	2.6%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.7%	2.5%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.9%	2.5%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.1%	2.6%	4.0%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1998	5.2%	2.9%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.2%	2.7%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.6%	2.7%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.3%	2.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.6%	2.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.3%	2.8%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.9%	2.8%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.3%	2.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.1%	2.4%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.7%	2.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.9%	2.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.2%	2.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1997	6.4%	3.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	6.0%	3.0%	5.2%
3 / 1997	5.6%	2.7%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.8%	2.4%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.3%	2.4%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.2%	2.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.9%	2.7%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.4%	2.3%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.9%	2.2%	4.9%
10 / 1997	4.4%	2.1%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.7%	1.9%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.4%	2.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1996	6.3%	3.3%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.5%	3.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.4%	3.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	5.7%	2.7%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.0%	2.7%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.6%	3.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.8%	3.1%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.2%	2.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.9%	2.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.4%	2.3%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.1%	2.3%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.6%	2.4%	5.4%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1995	4.9%	3.1%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.8%	2.8%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.5%	2.7%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.1%	2.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.6%	2.7%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.8%	2.9%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.4%	2.9%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.9%	2.4%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.1%	2.4%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.9%	2.4%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.9%	2.3%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.2%	2.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1994	4.8%	3.3%	6.6%
2 / 1994	3.9%	3.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.5%	3.1%	6.5%
4 / 1994	3.7%	2.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.5%	2.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.1%	2.9%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.0%	2.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.9%	2.4%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.2%	2.3%	5.9%
10 / 1994	3.2%	2.3%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.4%	2.1%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.5%	2.4%	5.5%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1993	3.8%	3.6%	7.3%
2 / 1993	3.8%	3.3%	7.1%
3 / 1993	3.5%	3.2%	7.0%
4 / 1993	3.0%	2.8%	7.1%
5 / 1993	2.8%	2.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	3.7%	3.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	3.8%	2.9%	6.9%
8 / 1993	3.4%	2.5%	6.8%
9 / 1993	2.7%	2.3%	6.7%
10 / 1993	2.8%	2.3%	6.8%
11 / 1993	2.9%	2.2%	6.6%
12 / 1993	3.1%	2.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1992	4.0%	3.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	3.9%	3.2%	7.4%
3 / 1992	3.7%	3.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	3.2%	2.7%	7.4%
5 / 1992	3.4%	2.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	4.2%	3.3%	7.8%
7 / 1992	3.8%	3.2%	7.7%
8 / 1992	3.2%	2.7%	7.6%
9 / 1992	2.8%	2.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	2.8%	2.4%	7.3%
11 / 1992	2.5%	2.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	2.8%	2.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1991	6.0%	3.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.0%	2.9%	6.6%
3 / 1991	3.7%	2.7%	6.8%
4 / 1991	3.8%	2.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	3.7%	2.5%	6.9%
6 / 1991	4.9%	3.0%	6.9%
7 / 1991	4.0%	2.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	3.3%	2.6%	6.9%
9 / 1991	2.7%	2.4%	6.9%
10 / 1991	2.7%	2.3%	7.0%
11 / 1991	3.6%	2.5%	7.0%
12 / 1991	2.7%	2.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Box Butte County, NE%	Nebraska%	National %
1 / 1990	3.4%	3.1%	5.4%
2 / 1990	3.4%	2.8%	5.3%
3 / 1990	3.5%	2.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	3.3%	2.3%	5.4%
5 / 1990	2.5%	2.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.0%	2.5%	5.2%
7 / 1990	2.6%	2.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	2.0%	2.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	1.8%	2.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	2.0%	2.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.1%	1.9%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.7%	2.2%	6.3%