Vega Baja Municipio: Unemployment Rate Trend
How Vega Baja Municipio'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
16.8%
2023
13.4%
Total change
-3.4 pp
% change
-20.2%
| Year | Unemployment Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.8% | — |
| 2019 | 17.4% | +0.6 pp (3.6%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 17.6% | — |
| 2022 | 16.3% | -1.3 pp (-7.4%) |
| 2023 | 13.4% | -2.9 pp (-17.8%) |