St. Joseph County, MI Unemployment Rate Report

St. Joseph County, MI Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Joseph County, Michigan has ranged from 2.2% in October 1999 to 30.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for St. Joseph County is 4.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Joseph County, MI Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

St. Joseph County, MI Current Unemployment - 4.2%

St. Joseph County, MI Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2022	3.9%	5.1%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.9%	5.3%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.5%	4.5%	3.6%
4 / 2022	3.4%	4.2%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.1%	4.6%	3.6%
6 / 2022	4.7%	4.8%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.3%	4.3%	3.5%
8 / 2022	4.2%	4.0%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2021	5.8%	6.1%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.2%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.9%	5.2%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.2%	4.6%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.0%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2021	6.2%	5.3%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.1%	6.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.7%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	5.2%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	4.5%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.4%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2020	4.3%	4.3%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.2%	3.6%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.4%	4.0%	4.4%
4 / 2020	30.3%	23.8%	14.7%
5 / 2020	19.5%	20.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	13.1%	15.0%	11.1%
7 / 2020	9.3%	9.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	8.2%	8.9%	8.4%
9 / 2020	7.3%	8.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.8%	5.1%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.3%	7.4%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.7%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2019	5.0%	5.0%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	4.5%	3.8%
3 / 2019	4.1%	4.6%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.7%	3.7%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.2%	3.7%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.4%	4.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.7%	5.1%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.5%	4.2%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.4%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.4%	3.2%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.2%	3.6%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2018	4.1%	5.0%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.8%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.6%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	3.1%	3.8%	3.9%
5 / 2018	3.0%	3.6%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.7%	4.4%	4.0%
7 / 2018	5.5%	4.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.3%	3.6%	3.7%
10 / 2018	3.1%	3.6%	3.8%
11 / 2018	3.8%	3.4%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.9%	4.0%	3.9%

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

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2016	4.1%	5.2%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.0%	5.2%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.2%	5.4%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.8%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.6%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.3%	5.1%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.1%	5.7%	4.8%
8 / 2016	4.1%	5.2%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.2%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	4.3%	4.7%
12 / 2016	3.8%	4.6%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2015	5.5%	6.6%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.0%	6.1%	5.5%
3 / 2015	5.0%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.4%	5.2%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.8%	5.6%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.8%	5.8%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.0%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.2%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 2015	3.9%	4.7%	5.0%
10 / 2015	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	3.7%	4.4%	5.1%
12 / 2015	3.6%	4.6%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2014	7.2%	8.4%	6.6%
2 / 2014	6.8%	8.5%	6.7%
3 / 2014	6.7%	8.4%	6.7%
4 / 2014	5.4%	6.9%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.0%	7.6%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.0%	7.6%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.1%	8.5%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.7%	7.3%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.2%	6.6%	5.9%
10 / 2014	4.8%	6.3%	5.7%
11 / 2014	4.6%	5.7%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.4%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2013	9.2%	10.1%	8.0%
2 / 2013	8.3%	9.4%	7.7%
3 / 2013	7.9%	9.0%	7.5%
4 / 2013	6.9%	8.1%	7.6%
5 / 2013	7.8%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	8.5%	9.6%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.0%	10.2%	7.3%
8 / 2013	7.6%	8.9%	7.2%
9 / 2013	7.3%	8.3%	7.2%
10 / 2013	7.1%	8.4%	7.2%
11 / 2013	6.7%	7.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	6.6%	7.6%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2012	10.6%	9.8%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.9%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.4%	9.4%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.3%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.3%	9.1%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.5%	9.7%	8.2%
7 / 2012	10.7%	10.7%	8.2%
8 / 2012	8.7%	9.4%	8.1%
9 / 2012	7.9%	8.4%	7.8%
10 / 2012	7.7%	8.4%	7.8%
11 / 2012	7.5%	7.9%	7.7%
12 / 2012	8.0%	8.7%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2011	12.0%	11.5%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.5%	11.1%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.1%	11.0%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.1%	10.0%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.7%	10.5%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.2%	11.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.6%	11.8%	9.0%
8 / 2011	11.0%	10.6%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.7%	10.0%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.8%	9.4%	8.8%
11 / 2011	9.2%	8.5%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.6%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2010	14.4%	14.4%	9.8%
2 / 2010	13.9%	14.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.9%	14.1%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.5%	12.9%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.5%	12.6%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.2%	12.7%	9.4%
7 / 2010	13.9%	13.5%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.7%	12.3%	9.5%
9 / 2010	11.2%	11.5%	9.5%
10 / 2010	11.2%	11.1%	9.4%
11 / 2010	11.6%	10.9%	9.8%
12 / 2010	11.6%	10.9%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2009	13.7%	12.1%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.2%	12.8%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.2%	13.3%	8.7%
4 / 2009	13.6%	12.8%	9.0%
5 / 2009	15.9%	14.2%	9.4%
6 / 2009	17.5%	15.3%	9.5%
7 / 2009	17.0%	15.4%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.5%	14.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	14.4%	13.7%	9.8%
10 / 2009	13.9%	13.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.1%	13.1%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.3%	13.5%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2008	7.8%	7.7%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.9%	7.4%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.4%	7.6%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.8%	6.7%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.5%	7.8%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.3%	8.1%	5.6%
7 / 2008	11.7%	8.9%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.7%	8.3%	6.1%
9 / 2008	8.8%	7.9%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.7%	8.0%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.1%	8.2%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.6%	9.2%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2007	7.4%	7.7%	4.6%
2 / 2007	6.4%	7.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	6.1%	7.0%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.6%	6.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.9%	6.7%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.4%	7.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	7.8%	8.0%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.9%	6.9%	4.6%
9 / 2007	6.0%	6.8%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.2%	6.7%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.2%	6.5%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.7%	7.1%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2006	7.2%	7.2%	4.7%
2 / 2006	7.1%	7.5%	4.8%
3 / 2006	6.7%	7.4%	4.7%
4 / 2006	5.9%	6.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	6.3%	6.8%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.9%	7.1%	4.6%
7 / 2006	9.4%	8.1%	4.7%
8 / 2006	6.4%	7.0%	4.7%
9 / 2006	6.3%	6.7%	4.5%
10 / 2006	5.9%	6.3%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.3%	6.4%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.4%	6.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2005	6.5%	7.5%	5.3%
2 / 2005	6.8%	7.8%	5.4%
3 / 2005	6.5%	7.5%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.2%	6.6%	5.2%
5 / 2005	6.5%	6.7%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.9%	6.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.0%	7.4%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.7%	6.2%	4.9%
9 / 2005	6.1%	6.2%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.4%	5.8%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.2%	6.3%	5.0%
12 / 2005	6.5%	6.4%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2004	7.4%	7.5%	5.7%
2 / 2004	7.2%	7.4%	5.6%
3 / 2004	7.4%	7.8%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.2%	6.4%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.6%	6.8%	5.6%
6 / 2004	7.1%	7.4%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.9%	8.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.8%	6.7%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.7%	6.5%	5.4%
10 / 2004	5.5%	6.5%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.8%	6.7%	5.4%
12 / 2004	6.1%	7.0%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2003	6.8%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	6.8%	7.4%	5.9%
3 / 2003	6.9%	7.6%	5.9%
4 / 2003	6.6%	7.0%	6.0%
5 / 2003	7.3%	7.2%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.1%	8.0%	6.3%
7 / 2003	9.5%	8.3%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.7%	7.1%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.8%	6.9%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.7%	6.5%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.7%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	6.5%	6.4%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2002	8.9%	7.2%	5.7%
2 / 2002	7.6%	6.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	7.5%	7.1%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.3%	6.2%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.1%	6.1%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.5%	6.7%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.9%	7.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	5.6%	5.8%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.3%	5.3%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.2%	5.2%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.6%	5.7%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.0%	6.1%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2001	6.1%	5.3%	4.2%
2 / 2001	5.8%	5.1%	4.2%
3 / 2001	6.1%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.3%	4.6%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.7%	4.6%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.3%	5.1%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.3%	5.5%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.7%	5.1%	4.9%
9 / 2001	5.9%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	6.5%	5.1%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.0%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	7.4%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 2000	3.3%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.1%	3.7%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.0%	3.8%	4.0%
4 / 2000	2.4%	2.9%	3.8%
5 / 2000	2.9%	3.4%	4.0%
6 / 2000	3.4%	3.8%	4.0%
7 / 2000	5.0%	4.6%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.4%	3.7%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.4%	3.4%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.1%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.8%	3.4%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.2%	3.7%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1999	3.3%	4.6%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.5%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.1%	4.3%	4.2%
4 / 1999	2.6%	3.6%	4.3%
5 / 1999	2.8%	3.5%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.0%	4.0%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.0%	4.2%	4.3%
8 / 1999	2.3%	3.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	2.7%	3.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	2.2%	3.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	2.5%	3.1%	4.1%
12 / 1999	2.5%	3.2%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1998	4.2%	4.8%	4.6%
2 / 1998	3.7%	4.5%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.5%	4.6%	4.7%
4 / 1998	2.3%	3.1%	4.3%
5 / 1998	2.6%	3.3%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.1%	4.1%	4.5%
7 / 1998	4.1%	4.9%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.7%	3.5%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.0%	3.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.1%	3.4%	4.5%
11 / 1998	2.5%	3.4%	4.4%
12 / 1998	2.5%	3.7%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1997	4.0%	5.5%	5.3%
2 / 1997	3.8%	5.1%	5.2%
3 / 1997	3.7%	5.0%	5.2%
4 / 1997	2.9%	4.1%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.0%	3.9%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.8%	4.4%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.6%	4.8%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.0%	3.8%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.4%	3.9%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.2%	3.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.1%	3.5%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.5%	3.8%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1996	6.2%	5.8%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.6%	5.3%	5.5%
3 / 1996	5.3%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.5%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	4.7%	4.9%	5.6%
6 / 1996	4.9%	5.0%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.0%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.6%	4.5%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.9%	4.4%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.5%	4.1%	5.2%
11 / 1996	3.2%	4.2%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.7%	4.5%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1995	4.6%	6.0%	5.6%
2 / 1995	5.1%	5.7%	5.4%
3 / 1995	4.8%	5.9%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.6%	5.6%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.9%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.9%	5.7%	5.6%
7 / 1995	6.0%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.5%	5.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.7%	4.7%	5.6%
10 / 1995	3.9%	4.3%	5.5%
11 / 1995	4.0%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1995	4.3%	4.4%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1994	6.3%	8.1%	6.6%
2 / 1994	5.9%	7.6%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.4%	7.3%	6.5%
4 / 1994	4.2%	6.2%	6.4%
5 / 1994	3.9%	5.7%	6.1%
6 / 1994	4.4%	6.0%	6.1%
7 / 1994	5.9%	6.5%	6.1%
8 / 1994	3.7%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	3.8%	5.2%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.0%	4.9%	5.8%
11 / 1994	3.5%	4.5%	5.6%
12 / 1994	3.6%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1993	7.9%	8.4%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.5%	8.2%	7.1%
3 / 1993	7.1%	7.7%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.2%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	6.3%	7.1%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.6%	7.6%	7.0%
7 / 1993	6.4%	7.7%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.0%	6.8%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.1%	6.6%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.4%	6.6%	6.8%
11 / 1993	5.1%	6.5%	6.6%
12 / 1993	5.2%	6.6%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1992	11.0%	10.5%	7.3%
2 / 1992	11.6%	10.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.5%	10.1%	7.4%
4 / 1992	9.1%	8.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	9.0%	8.9%	7.6%
6 / 1992	10.2%	9.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	9.6%	9.8%	7.7%
8 / 1992	8.1%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	8.0%	8.3%	7.6%
10 / 1992	7.5%	7.6%	7.3%
11 / 1992	7.3%	7.5%	7.4%
12 / 1992	7.4%	7.6%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1991	12.6%	9.5%	6.4%
2 / 1991	13.5%	10.0%	6.6%
3 / 1991	12.3%	10.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.5%	9.4%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.9%	9.2%	6.9%
6 / 1991	10.1%	9.5%	6.9%
7 / 1991	10.5%	9.4%	6.8%
8 / 1991	8.9%	8.7%	6.9%
9 / 1991	8.9%	8.6%	6.9%
10 / 1991	9.0%	8.5%	7.0%
11 / 1991	9.3%	8.6%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.7%	8.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Joseph County, MI%	Michigan%	National %
1 / 1990	8.4%	9.2%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.8%	8.3%	5.3%
3 / 1990	7.3%	7.9%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.8%	7.2%	5.4%
5 / 1990	8.4%	7.1%	5.4%
6 / 1990	8.2%	7.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	8.9%	7.6%	5.5%
8 / 1990	8.5%	7.2%	5.7%
9 / 1990	9.0%	7.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	9.0%	7.0%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.7%	7.7%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.6%	8.0%	6.3%