Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Panama City fell 0.4 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Panama City peaked in December 2010 at 11.0% and is now 1.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Panama City 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
Panama City	9.3%	-0.4	-1.7

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: Panama City, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Panama City, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Panama City peaked in December 2010 at 10,027. There are now 1,615 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Panama City employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Panama City, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Panama City	8,412	-344	-1,615

Number of Unemployed Persons

Panama City, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Panama City Unemployment Rate	Panama City Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	9.3%	8,412
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	9.7%	8,756
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.1%	9,102
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.3%	9,247
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.3%	9,316
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.3%	9,329
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.2%	9,297
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.1%	9,238
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	10.1%	9,192
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	10.1%	9,230
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	10.3%	9,423
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	10.7%	9,757