Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Miami fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Miami peaked in December 2010 at 12.1% and is now 2.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Miami 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
Miami	9.6%	-0.2	-2.5

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: Miami, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Miami, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Miami peaked in December 2010 at 351,455. There are now 71,779 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Miami employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Miami, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Miami	279,676	-6,305	-71,779

Number of Unemployed Persons

Miami, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Miami Unemployment Rate	Miami Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	9.6%	279,676
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	9.8%	285,981
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.3%	299,487
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.7%	312,788
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.1%	322,066
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.3%	329,952
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	11.4%	333,743
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.3%	329,090
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	11.2%	326,524
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	11.3%	328,672
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	11.6%	337,934
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	12.0%	347,718