Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jacksonville fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Jacksonville peaked in October 2010 at 11.4% and is now 2.0 percentage points lower. You can also compare Jacksonville 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
Jacksonville	9.4%	-0.2	-2.0

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: Jacksonville, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jacksonville peaked in December 2010 at 79,156. There are now 14,497 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Jacksonville employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Jacksonville, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Jacksonville	64,659	-1,591	-14,497

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployment Rate	Jacksonville Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	9.4%	64,659
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	9.6%	66,250
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	9.9%	68,081
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.0%	69,040
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.1%	69,444
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.1%	69,546
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.1%	69,554
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.1%	69,321
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	10.3%	70,792
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	10.6%	72,947
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	11.0%	75,758
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	11.3%	78,302