CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - New Hampshire’s unemployment rate for December was 4%, a slight increase from November, officials said Wednesday.
The number still reflects the impact on unemployment because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The December 2019 seasonally adjusted rate was 2.6%.
Seasonally adjusted estimates for December 2020 placed the number of employed residents at 719,350, a decrease of 3,470 from the previous month and a decrease of 37,330 from December 2019. The number of unemployed residents increased by 360 over the month to 29,920. This was 10,020 more unemployed than in December 2019. From November to December 2020, the total labor force decreased by 3,110 to 749,270. This was a decrease of 27,310 from December 2019.
Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December was 6.7%, unchanged from the November rate, and an increase of 3.1 percentage points from the December 2019 rate.
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