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Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Jacksonville rose 0.4 percentage points in June 2010 to 11.2%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Jacksonville peaked in March 2010 at 12.3% and is now 0.9 percentage points lower.

Unemployment Rate June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
National 9.5% -0.2 0.0
Florida 11.4% -0.3 +0.9
Jacksonville 11.2% +0.4 +0.8
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1

Unemployment Rate: Jacksonville, Florida, National

Jacksonville, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Jacksonville peaked in February 2010 at 83,560. There are now 6,204 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 74,569 in May 2010, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,787. Jacksonville employment and jobs data is also available.

Unemployed Persons June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
Jacksonville 77,356 +2,787 +5,568

Number of Unemployed Persons

Jacksonville, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Jacksonville
Unemployment Rate
Jacksonville
Unemployed
June
2010
9.5% 11.4% 11.2% 77,356
May
2010
9.7% 11.7% 10.8% 74,569
April
2010
9.9% 12.0% 11.1% 76,148
March
2010
9.7% 12.3% 11.9% 82,113
February
2010
9.7% 12.2% 12.2% 83,560
January
2010
9.7% 12.0% 12.1% 83,225
December
2009
10.0% 11.7% 11.2% 77,019
November
2009
10.0% 11.6% 11.1% 76,709
October
2009
10.1% 11.4% 10.9% 74,674
September
2009
9.8% 11.2% 10.8% 74,402
August
2009
9.7% 11.0% 10.7% 74,252
July
2009
9.4% 10.8% 10.5% 73,575
June
2009
9.5% 10.5% 10.4% 71,788

1. Metro area unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted while state and national rates are. In practice this means the metro rates may be noisier on a month-to-month basis than the state and national series due to seasonal effects. It's probably better to use year-over-year comparisons.