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Unemployment rate in Mt Pleasant

1999 – 2025 · 27 data points 6 of 18 · Towns of Lansing Updated Oct 23, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 1999 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 1999 – 2025 percent · Mt Pleasant · Michigan · United States · World
+2.8 pp since 2015
Mt Pleasant Michigan United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Mt Pleasant
7.7%
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 Mt Pleasant · 1999 – 2025
Latest value 7.7% · 2025
First value 2.8% · 1999
Highest 11.9% · 2020
Lowest 2.8% · 1999
Data points 27

By year

All years · 1999 – 2025

YearMt PleasantChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 7.7% +0.5 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 7.2% +1.1 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 6.1% −0.2 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 6.3% −0.7 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 7.0% −4.9 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 11.9% +6.6 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 5.3% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 5.3% −0.7 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 6.0% −0.4 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 6.4% +1.5 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.9% −1.1 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.0% −1.3 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.3% −0.1 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.4% −0.9 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 8.3% −1.8 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.1% +0.6 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.5% +3.1 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.4% +0.8 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.6% +0.1 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 5.5% +0.2 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 5.3% +0.1 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.2% −0.2 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.4% +0.7 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.7% +0.5 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.2% +0.6 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.6% +0.8 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 2.8% 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1999 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Lansing

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
18 Northville 5.2%
17 Livonia 7.3%
16 Midland 7.4%
15 Novi 7.5%
14 Byron 7.7%
13 East Lansing 8.6%
12 Auburn Hills 9.8%
11 Lansing 10.1%
10 Burton 11.1%
9 Battle Creek 11.1%
8 Mt Pleasant 11.9%
7 Sterling Heights 12.7%
6 Southfield 13.1%
5 Jackson 17.0%
4 Saginaw 17.3%
3 Pontiac 19.4%
2 Detroit 21.5%
1 Flint 23.0%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2020

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.