Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Cape Coral fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Cape Coral peaked in November 2010 at 13.0% and is now 2.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Cape Coral unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Florida	9.9%	-0.1	-2.1
Cape Coral	10.2%	-0.2	-2.8

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Cape Coral, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Cape Coral, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Cape Coral peaked in December 2010 at 35,804. There are now 7,876 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Cape Coral employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Cape Coral, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Cape Coral	27,928	-718	-7,876

Number of Unemployed Persons

Cape Coral, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Cape Coral Unemployment Rate	Cape Coral Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.2%	27,928
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	10.4%	28,646
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.7%	29,510
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.0%	30,136
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.2%	30,523
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.3%	30,754
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.3%	30,731
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.2%	30,710
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	11.5%	31,496
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	11.9%	32,593
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	12.4%	34,002
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	12.8%	35,275