North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for North Port fell 0.3 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in North Port peaked in December 2010 at 12.6% and is now 3.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare North Port 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
North Port	9.1%	-0.3	-2.4

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: North Port, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

North Port, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in North Port peaked in December 2010 at 38,216. There are now 10,731 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. North Port employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in North Port, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
North Port	27,485	-827	-7,123

Number of Unemployed Persons

North Port, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	North Port Unemployment Rate	North Port Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	9.1%	27,485
February 2012	8.3%	9.4%	9.4%	28,312
January 2012	8.3%	9.6%	9.7%	29,196
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.1%	30,128
November 2011	8.7%	10.1%	10.2%	30,546
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	10.4%	31,133
September 2011	9.0%	10.4%	10.6%	31,594
August 2011	9.1%	10.5%	10.7%	32,001
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	10.7%	32,280
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.8%	32,575
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.9%	32,739
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	11.1%	33,465