Dover city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Dover city's unemployment rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
11.6%
2023
2.0%
Total change
-9.6 pp
% change
-82.8%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.6% | — |
| 2019 | 9.0% | -2.6 pp (-22.4%) |
| 2020 | 4.4% | -4.6 pp (-51.1%) |
| 2021 | 4.0% | -0.4 pp (-9.1%) |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +2.2 pp (55%) |
| 2023 | 2.0% | -4.2 pp (-67.7%) |