Palm Coast, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Palm Coast fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 14.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 4.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Palm Coast peaked in December 2010 at 16.2% and is now 2.1 percentage points lower. You can also compare Palm Coast 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
Palm Coast	14.1%	-0.2	-2.1

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: Palm Coast, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Palm Coast, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Palm Coast peaked in December 2010 at 5,482. There are now 875 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Palm Coast	4,607	-64	-875

Number of Unemployed Persons

Palm Coast, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Palm Coast Unemployment Rate	Palm Coast Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	14.1%	4,607
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	14.3%	4,671
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	14.5%	4,739
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	14.6%	4,749
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	14.6%	4,747
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	14.6%	4,757
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	14.7%	4,799
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	14.6%	4,790
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	14.8%	4,877
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	15.1%	5,003
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	15.5%	5,176
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	16.0%	5,369