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Unemployment rate in Burton

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 9 of 18 · Towns of Lansing Updated Oct 23, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1990 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Burton · Michigan · United States · World
±0.0 pp since 2015
Burton Michigan United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Burton
6.2%
Michigan
5.2%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Burton · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6.2% · 2025
First value 10.6% · 1990
Highest 14.3% · 2010
Lowest 3.5% · 2000
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearBurtonChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 6.2% +0.7 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 5.5% +0.8 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 4.7% −0.5 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 5.2% −1.7 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 6.9% −4.2 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 11.1% +6.3 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 4.8% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.8% −0.6 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 5.4% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.5% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 6.2% −1.8 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 8.0% −1.9 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 9.9% −0.2 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 10.1% −1.2 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.3% −3.0 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 14.3% +2.4 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 11.9% +3.9 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 8.0% +1.5 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 6.5% +0.1 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 6.4% +0.3 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 6.1% −0.1 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.2% −0.2 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 6.4% +0.7 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.7% +0.9 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.8% +1.3 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.5% −2.2 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 5.7% −0.7 pp 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 6.4% +0.4 pp 4.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 6.0% −0.8 pp 4.3% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 6.8% −0.8 pp 4.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 7.6% −1.9 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 9.5% −2.0 pp 6.1% — 5.8%
1993 11.5% −1.9 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 13.4% ±0.0 pp 9.1% — 5.3%
1991 13.4% +2.8 pp 9.3% — 5.1%
1990 10.6% 7.7% — —

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Lansing

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
13 Auburn Hills 4.9%
6 Battle Creek 7.0%
8 Burton 6.9%
15 Byron 4.4%
2 Detroit 12.6%
12 East Lansing 5.8%
1 Flint 15.1%
4 Jackson 10.6%
9 Lansing 6.9%
16 Livonia 4.0%
14 Midland 4.5%
7 Mt Pleasant 7.0%
18 Northville 2.8%
17 Novi 3.7%
5 Pontiac 10.2%
3 Saginaw 11.6%
10 Southfield 6.7%
11 Sterling Heights 6.2%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.