Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tallahassee fell 0.2 percentage points in March 2012 to 7.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tallahassee peaked in December 2010 at 9.1% and is now 1.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tallahassee 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
Tallahassee	7.4%	-0.2	-1.0

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: Tallahassee, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tallahassee, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tallahassee peaked in December 2010 at 17,761. There are now 3,369 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tallahassee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tallahassee, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tallahassee	14,392	-339	-1,961

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployment Rate	Tallahassee Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	8.7%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	9.0%	7.4%	14,392
February 2012	8.3%	9.4%	7.6%	14,731
January 2012	8.3%	9.6%	7.8%	15,186
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	8.1%	15,738
November 2011	8.7%	10.1%	8.3%	15,978
October 2011	8.9%	10.2%	8.4%	16,241
September 2011	9.0%	10.4%	8.4%	16,290
August 2011	9.1%	10.5%	8.3%	16,095
July 2011	9.1%	10.6%	8.2%	15,942
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	8.1%	15,740
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	8.1%	15,710
April 2011	9.0%	10.6%	8.2%	15,942