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Delaware: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Delaware from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026

Unemployment, September 20264.6%#40 of 51 · #1 = lowest

Annual average, 20254.8%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force

Labor force, 2025515.8K+1.0% on a year earlier

Employed, 2025491K24,843 unemployed

Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000

Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed

Labor forceEmployed

Year	Unemployment rate	Labor force	Employed	Unemployed
2025	4.8%	515,815	490,972	24,843
2024	3.9%	510,899	490,887	20,012
2023	3.9%	509,805	489,890	19,915
2022	4.2%	500,949	479,718	21,231
2021	5.5%	496,319	469,163	27,156
2020	7.5%	486,781	450,194	36,587
2019	3.6%	484,908	467,640	17,268
2018	3.7%	480,508	462,794	17,714
2017	4.4%	475,343	454,406	20,937
2016	4.5%	468,564	447,380	21,184
2015	4.8%	462,281	440,002	22,279
2014	5.6%	452,964	427,533	25,431
2013	6.5%	443,249	414,295	28,954
2012	7.0%	445,464	414,456	31,008
2011	7.4%	442,773	409,905	32,868
2010	8.3%	436,163	399,917	36,246
2009	8.2%	444,228	407,901	36,327
2008	4.8%	454,523	432,555	21,968
2007	3.4%	449,279	433,960	15,319
2006	3.6%	445,744	429,905	15,839
2005	4.1%	434,842	416,905	17,937
2004	4.0%	422,219	405,265	16,954
2003	4.3%	416,959	399,136	17,823
2002	4.1%	417,578	400,518	17,060
2001	3.5%	421,830	407,114	14,716
2000	3.4%	412,183	397,983	14,200
1999	3.2%	399,069	386,150	12,919
1998	3.5%	395,350	381,602	13,748
1997	4.1%	389,531	373,738	15,793
1996	5.2%	389,390	369,024	20,366
1995	4.4%	386,160	369,246	16,914
1994	4.8%	384,081	365,766	18,315
1993	5.0%	375,444	356,718	18,726
1992	5.5%	367,357	347,228	20,129
1991	6.0%	361,330	339,768	21,562
1990	4.4%	357,700	342,073	15,627
1989	3.3%	355,775	344,145	11,630
1988	3.0%	345,235	334,832	10,403
1987	3.0%	331,082	321,030	10,052
1986	4.3%	323,034	309,044	13,990
1985	5.1%	314,280	298,349	15,931
1984	6.1%	305,900	287,336	18,564
1983	7.7%	294,895	272,101	22,794
1982	8.4%	293,602	268,830	24,772
1981	7.8%	287,358	264,812	22,546
1980	7.5%	283,825	262,436	21,389
1979	6.9%	281,027	261,772	19,255
1978	7.1%	277,169	257,618	19,551
1977	8.2%	272,109	249,896	22,213
1976	8.7%	263,764	240,906	22,858

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.