Michigan Economic Data

Since mid-March over 2.4 million people in Michigan have filed unemployment insurance claims. Michigan’s monthly unemployment rate peaked in April at 22.7%, and has increased to 6.1% in January.

Detroit Metropolitan Airport experienced a 58% decrease in total passengers in the month of February 2021 compared to the same month last year. While U.S. airports saw an 34% decrease in airport travelers over the same weekday in 2019.

The OI Economic Tracker is an interactive tool helping identify pandemic-related impacts among industries and communities by visualizing consumer spending, status on small businesses, and job postings across the nation at granular levels.

The seated diners in Michigan restaurants is down 96% over the same day last year. The Detroit Region’s hotel occupancy decreased to 36.2% in May.

New research from New American Economy (NAE) released in partnership with the City of Detroit, Detroit Regional Chamber, Global Detroit, Oakland County and Wayne County highlights how immigrants are both essential to the region’s COVID response efforts and especially vulnerable.

The Detroit Region’s daily traffic increased by 118.9 % over the same month last year.