Prince Georges County, MD Unemployment Rate Report

Prince Georges County, MD Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Prince Georges County, Maryland has ranged from 2.6% in March 1990 to 10.9% in May 2020. The current unemployment rate for Prince Georges County is 5.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Prince Georges County, MD Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Prince Georges County, MD Current Unemployment - 5.0%

Prince Georges County, MD Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2022	5.7%	4.4%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.4%	4.4%	3.8%
3 / 2022	5.4%	4.3%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.5%	3.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.6%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	4.8%	4.2%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.0%	4.4%	3.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2021	7.9%	6.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	7.6%	6.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	7.8%	6.0%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.8%	5.9%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.9%	5.9%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.3%	6.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	8.3%	6.1%	5.4%
8 / 2021	8.6%	6.2%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.8%	5.4%	4.7%
10 / 2021	6.5%	5.2%	4.6%
11 / 2021	6.5%	5.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.8%	4.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2020	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.2%	4.1%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	3.5%	4.4%
4 / 2020	9.7%	10.1%	14.7%
5 / 2020	10.9%	9.7%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.9%	8.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.9%	8.0%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.6%	7.2%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.0%	7.3%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.8%	7.7%	6.9%
11 / 2020	9.1%	6.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.8%	6.7%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2019	4.7%	4.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	4.0%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.8%	3.7%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.4%	3.2%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.6%	3.4%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.0%	3.9%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	3.9%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.9%	3.7%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.5%	3.3%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.4%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.0%	3.5%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2018	4.6%	4.6%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.5%	4.5%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.2%	4.1%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.8%	3.7%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.9%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.5%	4.3%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.3%	4.1%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.2%	4.0%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.9%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.7%	3.5%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.8%	3.6%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2017	4.6%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.5%	4.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.9%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.0%	4.0%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.5%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.4%	4.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.2%	4.0%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.2%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.2%	4.1%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.1%	4.0%	4.1%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2016	4.8%	4.9%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.7%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.5%	4.6%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.2%	4.1%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.3%	4.2%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.7%	4.7%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.7%	4.6%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.4%	4.3%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.4%	4.4%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.2%	4.2%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.1%	4.1%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2015	5.9%	5.9%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.7%	5.7%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.4%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.9%	4.8%	5.4%
5 / 2015	5.3%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.5%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 2015	5.5%	5.3%	5.2%
8 / 2015	5.3%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.8%	4.6%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2014	6.5%	6.3%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.5%	6.3%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.2%	6.1%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.7%	5.5%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.1%	5.8%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.4%	6.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	6.4%	6.1%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.3%	6.0%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.9%	5.5%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.7%	5.4%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.5%	5.4%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.3%	5.2%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2013	7.5%	7.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	7.2%	7.1%	7.7%
3 / 2013	6.9%	6.8%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.6%	6.4%	7.6%
5 / 2013	6.9%	6.7%	7.5%
6 / 2013	7.4%	7.1%	7.5%
7 / 2013	7.1%	6.8%	7.3%
8 / 2013	6.8%	6.5%	7.2%
9 / 2013	6.7%	6.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.4%	6.5%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.4%	6.0%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.1%	5.8%	6.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2012	7.6%	7.3%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.6%	7.3%	8.3%
3 / 2012	7.2%	7.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.8%	6.5%	8.2%
5 / 2012	7.2%	6.9%	8.2%
6 / 2012	7.7%	7.3%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.6%	7.3%	8.2%
8 / 2012	7.4%	7.1%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.1%	6.7%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.1%	6.7%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.9%	6.6%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.0%	6.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2011	7.7%	7.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	7.6%	7.6%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.3%	7.3%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.1%	6.9%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.3%	7.1%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.9%	7.6%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.7%	7.5%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.7%	7.4%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.6%	7.2%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.4%	7.0%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.2%	6.8%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.1%	6.8%	8.5%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2010	7.7%	8.1%	9.8%
2 / 2010	7.7%	8.3%	9.8%
3 / 2010	7.8%	8.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.1%	7.3%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.2%	7.4%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.6%	7.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	7.7%	7.8%	9.4%
8 / 2010	7.7%	7.7%	9.5%
9 / 2010	7.5%	7.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	7.3%	7.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	7.4%	7.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	7.1%	7.2%	9.3%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2009	6.3%	6.5%	7.8%
2 / 2009	6.7%	6.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	6.5%	6.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.3%	6.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.8%	6.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	7.2%	7.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	7.2%	7.2%	9.5%
8 / 2009	7.2%	7.2%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.3%	7.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.3%	7.2%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.2%	7.2%	9.9%
12 / 2009	7.2%	7.3%	9.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2008	3.6%	3.6%	5.0%
2 / 2008	3.5%	3.5%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.4%	3.4%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.3%	3.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	3.9%	3.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	4.3%	5.6%
7 / 2008	4.6%	4.4%	5.8%
8 / 2008	4.7%	4.6%	6.1%
9 / 2008	4.8%	4.5%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.0%	4.8%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.1%	5.0%	6.8%
12 / 2008	5.4%	5.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2007	4.2%	4.0%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.7%	3.8%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.5%	3.4%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.3%	3.2%	4.5%
5 / 2007	3.5%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.9%	3.7%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.6%	3.4%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.6%	3.3%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.4%	3.3%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.3%	3.1%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.2%	3.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2006	4.1%	3.9%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.1%	4.0%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.9%	3.7%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.8%	3.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	4.2%	3.9%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.6%	4.3%	4.6%
7 / 2006	4.6%	4.3%	4.7%
8 / 2006	4.4%	4.1%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.3%	3.8%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.1%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.0%	3.6%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.8%	3.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2005	4.7%	4.6%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.9%	4.7%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.6%	4.4%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.3%	4.0%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.6%	4.1%	5.1%
6 / 2005	4.9%	4.5%	5.0%
7 / 2005	4.6%	4.3%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.4%	4.0%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.4%	3.9%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.3%	3.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.2%	3.8%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.8%	3.5%	4.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2004	4.7%	4.7%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.5%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.5%	4.4%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.1%	3.9%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.3%	4.1%	5.6%
6 / 2004	4.8%	4.6%	5.6%
7 / 2004	4.7%	4.5%	5.5%
8 / 2004	4.5%	4.2%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.3%	4.0%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.3%	4.0%	5.5%
11 / 2004	4.4%	4.1%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.2%	4.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2003	4.7%	4.7%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.9%	4.8%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.8%	4.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.5%	4.2%	6.0%
5 / 2003	4.7%	4.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	5.2%	4.9%	6.3%
7 / 2003	4.8%	4.6%	6.2%
8 / 2003	4.6%	4.4%	6.1%
9 / 2003	4.5%	4.2%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.5%	4.1%	6.0%
11 / 2003	4.5%	4.2%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.3%	4.1%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2002	5.1%	5.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	4.9%	4.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.0%	4.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.9%	4.4%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.8%	4.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	5.2%	4.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.9%	4.5%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.8%	4.4%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.6%	4.0%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.6%	4.0%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.7%	4.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.5%	4.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.8%	3.9%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	3.7%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.6%	3.5%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.7%	3.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	4.2%	4.0%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.3%	4.1%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.5%	4.2%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.6%	4.2%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.8%	4.4%	5.3%
11 / 2001	4.9%	4.5%	5.5%
12 / 2001	4.6%	4.3%	5.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 2000	3.7%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.6%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.4%	3.2%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.8%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.1%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.0%	3.8%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.9%	3.8%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.8%	3.5%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.6%	3.4%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.6%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.3%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1999	3.6%	4.2%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.8%	4.2%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.5%	3.8%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.8%	3.5%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.7%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.9%	3.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.7%	3.7%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.4%	3.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.5%	3.3%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.4%	3.2%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.3%	3.2%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.0%	3.0%	4.0%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1998	4.7%	5.3%	4.6%
2 / 1998	5.1%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	4.4%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 1998	4.2%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.2%	4.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	4.6%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.3%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	4.2%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.2%	4.0%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.0%	4.0%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.7%	3.8%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.4%	3.5%	4.4%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1997	4.8%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.8%	5.5%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.7%	5.2%	5.2%
4 / 1997	4.7%	4.8%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.8%	4.8%	4.9%
6 / 1997	5.4%	5.2%	5.0%
7 / 1997	5.0%	5.0%	4.9%
8 / 1997	5.0%	4.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	5.0%	4.6%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.9%	4.6%	4.6%
12 / 1997	4.6%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1996	4.6%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1996	4.7%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.7%	5.3%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.6%	4.9%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.0%	5.0%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.2%	5.1%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.1%	5.2%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.9%	4.8%	5.1%
9 / 1996	5.0%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	5.0%	4.7%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.9%	4.7%	5.4%
12 / 1996	4.5%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1995	4.6%	5.4%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.4%	5.2%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.4%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	4.6%	5.0%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.8%	5.0%	5.6%
6 / 1995	5.3%	5.4%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.9%	5.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.0%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	5.1%	4.9%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.8%	4.8%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.7%	4.9%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.5%	4.7%	5.6%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1994	4.8%	6.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	4.7%	6.2%	6.6%
3 / 1994	4.6%	5.9%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.6%	5.3%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.6%	5.2%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.9%	5.4%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.6%	5.2%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.6%	5.1%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.6%	4.9%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.8%	4.8%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.6%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.3%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1993	5.4%	6.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	5.4%	6.8%	7.1%
3 / 1993	5.2%	6.6%	7.0%
4 / 1993	5.2%	6.2%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.4%	6.2%	7.1%
6 / 1993	5.9%	6.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.7%	6.4%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.6%	6.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.4%	5.8%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.4%	5.8%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.0%	5.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	4.8%	5.3%	6.5%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1992	5.6%	7.4%	7.3%
2 / 1992	5.8%	7.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	5.8%	7.3%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.8%	6.8%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.9%	6.8%	7.6%
6 / 1992	6.3%	7.2%	7.8%
7 / 1992	6.0%	6.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.6%	6.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.9%	6.5%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.6%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	5.6%	6.4%	7.4%
12 / 1992	5.1%	6.1%	7.4%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1991	4.4%	6.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	4.7%	6.6%	6.6%
3 / 1991	4.6%	6.2%	6.8%
4 / 1991	4.5%	5.8%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.0%	6.0%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.4%	6.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.1%	6.0%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.1%	5.8%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.2%	5.8%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.4%	6.0%	7.0%
11 / 1991	5.3%	6.2%	7.0%
12 / 1991	5.1%	6.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Prince Georges County, MD%	Maryland%	National %
1 / 1990	2.8%	4.5%	5.4%
2 / 1990	2.7%	4.1%	5.3%
3 / 1990	2.6%	3.6%	5.2%
4 / 1990	2.8%	3.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	3.2%	3.9%	5.4%
6 / 1990	3.7%	4.4%	5.2%
7 / 1990	3.6%	4.5%	5.5%
8 / 1990	3.9%	4.7%	5.7%
9 / 1990	4.1%	4.8%	5.9%
10 / 1990	4.0%	4.8%	5.9%
11 / 1990	4.2%	5.3%	6.2%
12 / 1990	4.0%	5.3%	6.3%