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Unemployment rate in Troy

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 3 of 4 · Towns of Romeo Updated Oct 22, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 1990 – 2025 percent · Troy · Michigan · United States · World
−0.6 pp since 2015
Troy 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
Troy
3.3%
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 Troy · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 3.3% · 2025
First value 3.7% · 1990
Highest 11.0% · 2009
Lowest 1.7% · 1999
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearTroyChange MichiganUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.3% +0.3 pp 5.2% — 4.8%
2024 3.0% +0.5 pp 4.7% — 4.8%
2023 2.5% −0.1 pp 3.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.6% −1.3 pp 4.2% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.9% −4.0 pp 5.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.9% +5.0 pp 10.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.9% ±0.0 pp 4.1% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.9% −0.1 pp 4.2% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.0% −0.5 pp 4.6% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.5% −0.4 pp 5.0% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.9% −1.4 pp 5.4% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.3% −1.1 pp 7.2% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.4% −0.4 pp 8.8% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 6.8% −0.9 pp 9.1% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.7% −2.2 pp 10.1% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.9% −1.1 pp 12.8% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 11.0% +5.0 pp 13.5% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.0% +0.9 pp 8.2% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 5.1% +0.3 pp 7.1% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 4.8% ±0.0 pp 6.9% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.8% −0.1 pp 6.8% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.9% +0.1 pp 7.0% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 4.8% +0.4 pp 7.1% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.4% +0.8 pp 6.2% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.6% +1.3 pp 5.2% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.3% +0.6 pp 3.6% 4.0% 6.1%
1999 1.7% −0.1 pp 3.8% 4.2% 6.3%
1998 1.8% ±0.0 pp 4.0% 4.5% 6.2%
1997 1.8% −0.3 pp 4.3% 4.9% 6.0%
1996 2.1% −0.1 pp 4.9% 5.4% 6.0%
1995 2.2% −0.4 pp 5.3% 5.6% 5.9%
1994 2.6% −1.0 pp 6.1% — 5.8%
1993 3.6% −1.0 pp 7.3% — 5.5%
1992 4.6% ±0.0 pp 9.1% — 5.3%
1991 4.6% +0.9 pp 9.3% — 5.1%
1990 3.7% 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 Romeo

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Chesterfield 4.0%
3 Rochester Hills 3.4%
2 Troy 3.5%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.