Gainesville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Gainesville fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 7.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Gainesville peaked in December 2010 at 8.8% and is now 1.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Gainesville unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Florida	9.0%	-0.4	-1.7
Gainesville	7.2%	-0.1	-0.9

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Gainesville, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Gainesville, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Gainesville peaked in December 2010 at 12,257. There are now 2,391 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Gainesville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Gainesville, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Gainesville	9,866	-216	-1,460

Number of Unemployed Persons

Gainesville, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Gainesville Unemployment Rate	Gainesville Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	7.2%	9,866
February 2012	8.3%	9.4%	7.3%	10,082
January 2012	8.3%	9.6%	7.5%	10,362
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	7.8%	10,775
November 2011	8.7%	10.1%	7.9%	10,911
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	8.0%	11,071
September 2011	9.0%	10.4%	8.0%	11,184
August 2011	9.1%	10.5%	7.9%	11,059
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	7.9%	10,973
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	7.8%	10,925
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	7.8%	10,897
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	7.9%	11,041