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Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Punta Gorda fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Punta Gorda peaked in October 2010 at 12.6% and is now 3.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Punta Gorda 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
Punta Gorda 9.3% -0.2 -2.3
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: Punta Gorda, Florida, National

Punta Gorda, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Punta Gorda peaked in December 2010 at 8,789. There are now 2,304 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Punta Gorda employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Punta Gorda, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons March 2012 Month/Month Year/Year
Punta Gorda 6,485 -135 -1,492

Number of Unemployed Persons

Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Punta Gorda
Unemployment Rate
Punta Gorda
Unemployed
April
2012
8.1% 8.7%
March
2012
8.2% 9.0% 9.3% 6,485
February
2012
8.3% 9.4% 9.5% 6,620
January
2012
8.3% 9.6% 9.7% 6,775
December
2011
8.5% 9.9% 10.1% 6,994
November
2011
8.7% 10.1% 10.3% 7,128
October
2011
8.9% 10.2% 10.6% 7,335
September
2011
9.0% 10.4% 10.8% 7,486
August
2011
9.1% 10.5% 11.0% 7,572
July
2011
9.1% 10.6% 11.0% 7,592
June
2011
9.1% 10.7% 11.0% 7,620
May
2011
9.0% 10.6% 11.0% 7,601
April
2011
9.0% 10.6% 11.3% 7,755

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.