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Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Deltona fell 0.2 percentage points in April 2013 to 7.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Deltona peaked in December 2009 at 11.6% and is now 4.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Deltona unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
National 7.5% -0.1 -0.6
Florida 7.2% -0.3 -1.7
Deltona 7.3% -0.2 -1.9
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with April 2013 data as May metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Deltona, Florida, National

Deltona, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Deltona, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Deltona peaked in January 2010 at 29,341. There are now 10,948 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Deltona employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Deltona, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons April 2013 Month/Month Year/Year
Deltona 18,393 -484 -4,771

Number of Unemployed Persons

Deltona, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployed
May
2013
7.6%
April
2013
7.5% 7.2% 7.3% 18,393
March
2013
7.6% 7.5% 7.5% 18,877
February
2013
7.7% 7.8% 7.8% 19,654
January
2013
7.9% 7.9% 8.0% 20,193
December
2012
7.8% 7.9% 8.1% 20,552
November
2012
7.8% 8.0% 8.2% 20,821
October
2012
7.9% 8.2% 8.4% 21,158
September
2012
7.8% 8.4% 8.5% 21,543
August
2012
8.1% 8.6% 8.7% 21,944
July
2012
8.2% 8.7% 8.8% 22,326
June
2012
8.2% 8.8% 9.0% 22,664
May
2012
8.2% 8.8% 9.1% 22,940

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.