West Branch Township, MI Unemployment Rate Report

West Branch Township, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in West-Branch-Township, Michigan has ranged from 2.9% in October 1998 to 20.7% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for West-Branch-Township is 4.6% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

West Branch Township, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

West Branch Township, MI Current Unemployment - 4.6%

West Branch Township, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	5.3%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	5.7%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.9%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.8%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.8%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.3%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.1%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.6%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	6.7%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.9%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.8%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.8%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.9%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.8%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.9%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.1%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.6%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	4.3%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	5.4%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	4.7%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.6%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	20.7%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	17.8%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.1%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	8.1%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.6%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	5.7%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.8%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	3.8%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.6%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	6.4%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.0%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.9%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.1%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.8%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	5.4%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	5.5%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.5%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.2%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	6.2%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.5%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.2%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	5.3%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.7%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.4%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.2%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.2%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.6%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.5%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.5%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.6%	4.0%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2017	7.1%	5.5%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.1%	5.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.4%	4.8%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.3%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.2%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.7%	4.5%	4.3%
7 / 2017	6.1%	5.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.4%	5.0%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.4%	4.5%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.0%	4.2%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.4%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	5.2%	4.4%	4.1%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	5.8%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	6.2%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	6.5%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.8%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.2%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.8%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.2%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.3%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.5%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.2%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.9%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	6.0%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	7.1%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.1%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.9%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.2%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.3%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.4%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.5%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.0%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.0%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.6%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.6%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.2%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	8.1%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.3%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.4%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.0%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.7%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.5%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.2%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.8%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.7%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.3%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.5%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.7%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	8.8%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.7%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.5%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.6%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.0%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.4%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.5%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.8%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.1%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.1%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.8%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.2%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	8.9%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.0%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	8.9%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	7.8%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.3%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.4%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.0%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.2%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.6%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.5%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.3%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	7.4%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	9.6%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	9.8%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	9.7%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	9.0%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.4%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	9.7%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	9.9%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	8.9%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.9%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.5%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.2%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	8.0%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	11.3%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	11.2%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	11.2%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	10.1%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	9.8%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	9.9%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	10.6%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	9.2%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.5%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.3%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.5%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	9.1%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	9.7%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	10.9%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.4%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	10.6%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	10.9%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	11.5%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	10.7%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	10.0%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	9.6%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	9.2%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	9.6%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	10.5%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	7.2%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.1%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.3%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.3%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.7%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.2%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.1%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	6.6%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	6.0%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	6.0%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	6.6%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	7.7%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	7.5%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	7.3%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.0%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	7.0%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.3%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.5%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.5%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.5%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.4%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	4.8%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.3%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.6%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	6.5%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.2%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.3%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	7.0%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.4%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.2%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	6.3%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.8%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.3%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.8%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	5.7%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.5%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	7.1%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	7.3%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.9%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.3%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.8%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.9%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	4.8%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	4.8%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.4%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.4%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.0%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	7.2%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.1%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.6%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.1%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.2%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	5.9%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.1%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	4.9%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	4.6%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.4%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.4%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	7.8%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	7.7%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	7.5%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.9%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.7%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.8%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	6.5%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	5.9%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	5.5%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	4.9%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.4%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.0%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	9.7%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	9.2%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	9.3%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	8.1%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.8%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.3%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.6%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.5%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.8%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.4%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.5%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.3%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	5.9%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	6.0%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.3%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.5%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.0%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	7.9%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.5%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.9%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	3.9%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	3.9%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.6%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	8.4%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	5.0%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	5.0%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	5.5%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.0%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.2%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.6%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.5%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.1%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.7%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.2%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.7%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.0%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	5.4%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.6%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	5.4%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.7%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.0%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.5%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.4%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	5.1%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	7.4%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	6.9%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.5%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	4.4%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	6.9%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.5%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.0%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.2%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.8%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.4%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	3.4%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.1%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	2.9%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.4%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	4.2%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	7.4%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.3%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	7.2%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.4%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	5.7%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	6.4%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	6.5%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.5%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.9%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.6%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.7%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	5.6%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	8.3%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.6%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.7%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	7.2%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	6.8%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	6.1%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.5%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	4.9%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.4%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.8%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.9%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	5.7%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	8.6%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	8.7%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	9.6%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	9.7%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	9.2%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	8.1%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.9%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	7.2%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	6.6%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.4%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	7.7%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.2%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	9.5%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	9.5%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	9.4%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.5%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	7.5%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	7.4%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	7.0%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.7%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	6.5%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.7%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.9%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.1%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	8.2%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	8.2%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.1%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	7.5%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.5%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.7%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.4%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	7.2%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.7%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	6.3%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.9%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	7.7%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	9.3%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	9.8%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.7%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.4%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.0%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	9.1%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	8.4%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	7.0%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	7.0%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.1%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.6%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.4%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	8.4%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.6%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.3%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	8.3%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	8.5%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	8.2%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	7.6%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.7%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.8%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	8.4%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	7.2%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.4%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	West Branch Township, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	6.4%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.7%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.2%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	7.7%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	7.3%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	7.7%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	7.1%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	6.7%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	7.6%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	9.9%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	10.4%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.1%	8.0%	6.3%