Unemployed people in Canton, OH

Unemployed people in Canton, OH was 1,796 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8.7% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 71 cities in 2025.

2025, persons1,796
Change on 2024+8.7%
Series high4,8281992
Series low1,4672023

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Unemployed people in Canton, OH, 1990 to 2025

1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019901996200220082014202020251990: 3,766 persons1991: 4,302 persons1992: 4,828 persons1993: 4,356 persons1994: 3,696 persons1995: 3,125 persons1996: 3,519 persons1997: 3,145 persons1998: 2,814 persons1999: 2,977 persons2000: 2,812 persons2001: 2,861 persons2002: 3,872 persons2003: 2,974 persons2004: 2,945 persons2005: 2,855 persons2006: 2,541 persons2007: 2,455 persons2008: 2,956 persons2009: 4,491 persons2010: 4,317 persons2011: 3,616 persons2012: 2,957 persons2013: 2,907 persons2014: 2,259 persons2015: 1,977 persons2016: 2,087 persons2017: 1,960 persons2018: 1,826 persons2019: 1,643 persons2020: 3,137 persons2021: 2,085 persons2022: 1,536 persons2023: 1,467 persons2024: 1,653 persons2025: 1,796 persons1,0002,0003,0004,0005,00019902002201420251990: 3,766 persons1991: 4,302 persons1992: 4,828 persons1993: 4,356 persons1994: 3,696 persons1995: 3,125 persons1996: 3,519 persons1997: 3,145 persons1998: 2,814 persons1999: 2,977 persons2000: 2,812 persons2001: 2,861 persons2002: 3,872 persons2003: 2,974 persons2004: 2,945 persons2005: 2,855 persons2006: 2,541 persons2007: 2,455 persons2008: 2,956 persons2009: 4,491 persons2010: 4,317 persons2011: 3,616 persons2012: 2,957 persons2013: 2,907 persons2014: 2,259 persons2015: 1,977 persons2016: 2,087 persons2017: 1,960 persons2018: 1,826 persons2019: 1,643 persons2020: 3,137 persons2021: 2,085 persons2022: 1,536 persons2023: 1,467 persons2024: 1,653 persons2025: 1,796 persons
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-09-30.
All 36 values
Periodpersons
20251,796
20241,653
20231,467
20221,536
20212,085
20203,137
20191,643
20181,826
20171,960
20162,087
20151,977
20142,259
20132,907
20122,957
20113,616
20104,317
20094,491
20082,956
20072,455
20062,541
20052,855
20042,945
20032,974
20023,872
20012,861
20002,812
19992,977
19982,814
19973,145
19963,519
19953,125
19943,696
19934,356
19924,828
19914,302
19903,766

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Definition

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Unemployed people, Canton, OH, 1990 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Canton, OH, 1990 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/canton-oh. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Unemployed people, Canton, OH, 1990 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/canton-oh.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Unemployed people, Canton, OH, 1990 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/unemployed-people/canton-oh (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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What is the unemployed people in Canton, OH?

Unemployed people in Canton, OH was 1,796 in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8.7% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 71 cities in 2025.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest unemployed people in Canton, OH?

4,828 in 1992, the highest value since 1990 in this series.

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