Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Lakeland fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 10.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Lakeland peaked in December 2010 at 13.0% and is now 2.9 percentage points lower. You can also compare Lakeland 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
Lakeland	10.1%	-0.2	-1.9

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: Lakeland, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Lakeland, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Lakeland peaked in December 2010 at 35,783. There are now 8,441 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Lakeland employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Lakeland, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Lakeland	27,342	-525	-5,774

Number of Unemployed Persons

Lakeland, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Lakeland Unemployment Rate	Lakeland Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	10.1%	27,342
February 2012	8.3%	9.4%	10.3%	27,867
January 2012	8.3%	9.6%	10.5%	28,407
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.9%	29,278
November 2011	8.7%	10.1%	11.1%	30,008
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	11.4%	30,824
September 2011	9.0%	10.4%	11.5%	31,250
August 2011	9.1%	10.5%	11.6%	31,384
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	11.5%	31,409
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.5%	31,361
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.5%	31,351
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.7%	32,107