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Geographic Information > Midwest > Michigan > Detroit

Detroit

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Detroit Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2020
Midwest Economy - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Midwest Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jun 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the Detroit Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2019
Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — November 2019 Average energy prices News Release Dec 2019
Average energy prices for the United States, regions, census divisions, and selected metropolitan areas Average energy prices Table Jan 2020
County Employment and Wages in Michigan — Fourth Quarter 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index Historical Table for Detroit Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Midwest Consumer Price Index Card - PDF Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2020
Consumer Price Index, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn — December 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages For Selected Engineering Occupations in Michigan’s Metropolitan Areas — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills — May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release May 2018
Midwest Economy - Safety and Health Statistics Workplace injuries and illnesses Table Jan 2019
Detroit Area Employment — September 2019 Employment News Release Oct 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area — September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Economy at a Glance:

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2019		 Aug
2019		 Sept
2019		 Oct
2019		 Nov
2019		 Dec
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 2,202.0 2,179.6 2,177.8 2,175.1 (p)2,148.2  

Employment(1)

 2,085.9 2,081.6 2,088.3 2,093.6 (p)2,075.6  

Unemployment(1)

 116.1 98.0 89.5 81.5 (p)72.6  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 5.3 4.5 4.1 3.7 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,031.6 2,035.7 2,038.1 2,041.8 (p)2,046.1  

12-month % change

 0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.4 (p)-0.3  

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 81.9 82.2 81.6 82.6 (p)77.9  

12-month % change

 2.9 2.9 4.9 5.8 (p)1.8  

Manufacturing(3)

 253.7 258.0 255.9 251.0 (p)257.0  

12-month % change

 -1.3 -1.6 -2.7 -4.6 (p)-2.4  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 378.3 377.8 376.5 380.8 (p)385.3  

12-month % change

 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.6 (p)-0.3  

Information(3)

 27.3 27.2 26.9 26.9 (p)27.2  

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.4 -1.1 -0.4 (p)0.0  

Financial Activities(3)

 117.8 117.2 117.7 116.7 (p)116.1  

12-month % change

 0.0 -0.3 1.5 1.5 (p)0.3  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 394.8 396.4 396.9 396.3 (p)397.5  

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.3 -0.8 -2.0 (p)-1.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

 312.3 312.7 312.2 315.5 (p)318.8  

12-month % change

 -1.3 -1.2 -1.2 -1.4 (p)-0.6  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 214.4 213.1 206.3 205.0 (p)198.5  

12-month % change

 3.4 2.2 2.1 2.9 (p)1.9  

Other Services(3)

 75.6 76.0 75.3 75.0 (p)75.0  

12-month % change

 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 -0.5 (p)-0.1  

Government(3)

 175.5 175.1 188.8 192.0 (p)192.8  

12-month % change

 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.8 (p)0.5  

Consumer Price Index: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

CPI-U, All items(4)

   236.400   238.838   237.514

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     1.4   2.4   2.5

CPI-W, All items(5)

   231.707   233.721   232.439

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     1.5   2.2   2.8

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary