Ocala, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocala fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 11.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.7 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Ocala peaked in November 2010 at 14.0% and is now 2.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocala 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
Ocala	11.6%	-0.3	-2.4

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: Ocala, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Ocala, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Ocala peaked in December 2010 at 18,797. There are now 3,402 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Ocala employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ocala, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Ocala	15,395	-445	-3,402

Number of Unemployed Persons

Ocala, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Ocala Unemployment Rate	Ocala Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	11.6%	15,395
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	11.9%	15,840
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	12.2%	16,226
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	12.5%	16,563
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	12.6%	16,690
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	12.6%	16,680
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	12.5%	16,529
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	12.4%	16,417
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	12.6%	16,761
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	13.0%	17,255
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	13.5%	18,021
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	14.0%	18,759