Mount Vernon city: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Mount Vernon 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
8.1%
2023
2.1%
Total change
-6.0 pp
% change
-74.1%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.1% | — |
| 2019 | 5.9% | -2.2 pp (-27.2%) |
| 2020 | 6.3% | +0.4 pp (6.8%) |
| 2021 | 2.7% | -3.6 pp (-57.1%) |
| 2022 | 3.3% | +0.6 pp (22.2%) |
| 2023 | 2.1% | -1.2 pp (-36.4%) |