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Unemployment rate in Flint

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 1 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 · Flint · Michigan · United States · World
+2.7 pp since 2015
Flint 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
Flint
13.7%
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 Flint · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 13.7% · 2025
First value 16.1% · 1990
Highest 25.2% · 2009
Lowest 8.4% · 2000
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearFlintChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 13.7% +1.5 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 12.2% +1.5 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 10.7% −0.9 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 11.6% −3.5 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 15.1% −7.9 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 23.0% +12.2 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 10.8% +0.1 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 10.7% −1.4 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 12.1% −0.1 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 12.2% +1.2 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 11.0% −3.0 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 14.0% −3.0 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 17.0% −0.4 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 17.4% −1.9 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 19.3% −4.5 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 23.8% −1.4 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 25.2% +7.5 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 17.7% +2.9 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 14.8% +0.2 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 14.6% +0.7 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 13.9% −0.2 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 14.1% −0.5 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 14.6% +1.5 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 13.1% +2.0 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 11.1% +2.7 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 8.4% −0.5 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 8.9% −1.1 pp 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 10.0% +0.7 pp 4.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 9.3% −1.3 pp 4.3% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 10.6% −1.2 pp 4.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 11.8% −2.8 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 14.6% −2.8 pp 6.1% — 5.8%
1993 17.4% −2.7 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 20.1% ±0.0 pp 9.1% — 5.3%
1991 20.1% +4.0 pp 9.3% — 5.1%
1990 16.1% 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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
15 Auburn Hills 3.3%
8 Battle Creek 5.2%
9 Burton 5.2%
14 Byron 3.3%
4 Detroit 7.9%
10 East Lansing 4.8%
1 Flint 11.6%
3 Jackson 8.4%
7 Lansing 5.6%
17 Livonia 2.4%
13 Midland 4.0%
6 Mt Pleasant 6.3%
18 Northville 1.7%
16 Novi 2.5%
5 Pontiac 7.0%
2 Saginaw 9.4%
11 Southfield 4.5%
12 Sterling Heights 4.1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2022

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.