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Unemployment rate in Saginaw

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 2 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 · Saginaw · Michigan · United States · World
+1.3 pp since 2015
Saginaw 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
Saginaw
11.2%
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 Saginaw · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 11.2% · 2025
First value 13.3% · 1990
Highest 21.0% · 2009
Lowest 7.3% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearSaginawChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 11.2% +1.1 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 10.1% +1.1 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 9.0% −0.4 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 9.4% −2.2 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 11.6% −5.7 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 17.3% +8.9 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 8.4% +0.1 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 8.3% −0.9 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 9.2% ±0.0 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 9.2% −0.7 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 9.9% −3.0 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 12.9% −2.5 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 15.4% −0.2 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 15.6% −1.2 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 16.8% −3.7 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 20.5% −0.5 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 21.0% +6.6 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 14.4% +1.9 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 12.5% −0.5 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 13.0% −0.6 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 13.6% −0.8 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 14.4% −0.7 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 15.1% +2.8 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 12.3% +2.0 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 10.3% +2.8 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 7.5% +0.2 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 7.3% −0.7 pp 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 8.0% +0.1 pp 4.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 7.9% −0.8 pp 4.3% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 8.7% −2.0 pp 4.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 10.7% −0.9 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 11.6% −1.4 pp 6.1% — 5.8%
1993 13.0% −1.7 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 14.7% +0.3 pp 9.1% — 5.3%
1991 14.4% +1.1 pp 9.3% — 5.1%
1990 13.3% 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
18 Northville 2.8%
17 Novi 3.7%
16 Livonia 4.0%
15 Byron 4.4%
14 Midland 4.5%
13 Auburn Hills 4.9%
12 East Lansing 5.8%
11 Sterling Heights 6.2%
10 Southfield 6.7%
9 Lansing 6.9%
8 Burton 6.9%
7 Mt Pleasant 7.0%
6 Battle Creek 7.0%
5 Pontiac 10.2%
4 Jackson 10.6%
3 Saginaw 11.6%
2 Detroit 12.6%
1 Flint 15.1%

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.