The Cities With The Largest Growth In Unemployment Since COVID
Everyone was hit hard by the pandemic but have you ever wonder what states were impacted the most? A new study by Filterbuy studied the trends in covid unemployment.
We are over a year past the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns, shutdowns, and mass quarantines. Even still it continues to cause significant delays and disruptions in both normal life and in business supply chains. Appliances, computer chips, furniture, and industrial parts have been on backorder for months. Prices on everything from lumber to meet are up, and many employees are still working from home—if they’re working at all.
The event industry as well as tourism, dining, and entertainment industries have been hit particularly hard with jobs just now starting to open up. However, now 15 months past the start, it’s evident that not everyone suffered equally. The disparities between those who could work from home and those who couldn’t are showing up in the still-long (virtual) unemployment lines.
The unemployment rate in 2020 tripled, from an overall 3.5% in February to a peak of 14.8% in April, according to BLS statistics.
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States that depend on tourism such as Hawaii and Nevada were hit hard. Hawaii’s unemployment surged 4.6 times what it had been, while Nevada’s went up 3.3 times.
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Here are the large metropolitan areas with the largest rise in unemployment since COVID-19.
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Metro |
Rank |
Change in unemployment rate (YoY) |
Total unemployed workers (2020) |
Unemployment rate (2020) |
Unemployment rate (2019) |
Median annual wage (2020) |
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Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
1 |
3.6X |
165,513 |
14.7% |
4.1% |
$37,690 |
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Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
2 |
3.2X |
134,464 |
10.2% |
3.2% |
$36,580 |
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Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
3 |
3.1X |
230,962 |
8.5% |
2.7% |
$57,080 |
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San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
4 |
3.0X |
201,350 |
8.1% |
2.7% |
$61,790 |
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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
5 |
2.9X |
1,013,369 |
10.4% |
3.6% |
$52,020 |
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Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
6 |
2.9X |
125,593 |
7.5% |
2.6% |
$50,170 |
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Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
7 |
2.8X |
766,373 |
11.8% |
4.2% |
$45,550 |
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San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
8 |
2.8X |
141,814 |
9.2% |
3.3% |
$48,200 |
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Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
9 |
2.7X |
248,404 |
8.2% |
3.0% |
$38,690 |
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Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
10 |
2.7X |
245,474 |
11.7% |
4.4% |
$44,840 |
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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
11 |
2.7X |
74,459 |
7.1% |
2.6% |
$69,620 |
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Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN |
12 |
2.7X |
74,267 |
6.9% |
2.6% |
$40,650 |
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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
13 |
2.6X |
177,107 |
8.1% |
3.1% |
$58,330 |
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Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
14 |
2.6X |
63,804 |
9.5% |
3.6% |
$46,000 |
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Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
15 |
2.6X |
42,822 |
7.4% |
2.9% |
$39,430 |
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United States |
– |
2.2X |
12,947,000 |
8.1% |
3.7% |
$41,950 |
For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on Filterbuy’s website: https://filterbuy.com/resources/states-with-largest-rise-in-unemployment-since-COVID/
