Unemployment Rate by Census Tract

Is it possible to get the unemployment rate by census tract level?  I could not find it in the census reporter.

https://censusreporter.org

Thanks!

Robin

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  • Just a heads up...
    The Unemployment Rate from the ACS will be a five-year average if you're looking at tracts, or any other level smaller than mid-size cities.  Even for the larger cities, counties and metros, the data is a couple of years old by the time it's published.  For something as time-critical as  the unemployment rate, this may be meaningless for your purpose.
    For the most recent job stats (incl unemployment rate) use the BLS :LAUS, and it will be only about two months old.  The downside is the smallest geography is all counties and many mid-size cities.

  • Thanks for the info Bert. For the work I'm doing the tract level is more important than the age of the data. We're looking at improving neighborhood outcomes and the five-year average data should be fine to help identify high priority areas. 

  • Sounds good, Marshall.  In this case, the spatial is more important than the temporal. Thumbsup