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Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Miami rose 0.5 percentage points in June 2010 to 11.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Miami 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
Miami 11.7% +0.5 +0.9
Note: Metro level data is not seasonally adjusted.1

Unemployment Rate: Miami, Florida, National

Miami, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Miami, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Miami in June 2010 is at a new high of 335,935. Miami employment and jobs data is also available.

Unemployed Persons June 2010 Month/Month Year/Year
Miami 335,935 +13,726 +27,260

Number of Unemployed Persons

Miami, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Miami
Unemployment Rate
Miami
Unemployed
June
2010
9.5% 11.4% 11.7% 335,935
May
2010
9.7% 11.7% 11.2% 322,209
April
2010
9.9% 12.0% 10.9% 313,716
March
2010
9.7% 12.3% 11.6% 331,546
February
2010
9.7% 12.2% 11.4% 325,680
January
2010
9.7% 12.0% 11.3% 322,470
December
2009
10.0% 11.7% 11.1% 317,174
November
2009
10.0% 11.6% 10.7% 304,606
October
2009
10.1% 11.4% 11.2% 321,559
September
2009
9.8% 11.2% 11.0% 315,240
August
2009
9.7% 11.0% 11.1% 317,148
July
2009
9.4% 10.8% 10.9% 312,962
June
2009
9.5% 10.5% 10.8% 308,675

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.