Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tampa fell 0.2 percentage points in December 2011 to 10.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tampa peaked in November 2010 at 12.4% and is now 2.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Tampa 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
Tampa	10.1%	-0.2	-2.3

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: Tampa, Florida, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Tampa, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Tampa peaked in December 2010 at 162,146. There are now 30,551 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Tampa employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tampa, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Tampa	131,595	-3,219	-30,551

Number of Unemployed Persons

Tampa, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployment Rate	Tampa Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	9.9%	10.1%	131,595
November 2011	8.7%	10.0%	10.3%	134,814
October 2011	8.9%	10.4%	10.6%	138,513
September 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.8%	140,588
August 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.9%	141,411
July 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.9%	141,566
June 2011	9.1%	10.7%	10.9%	141,568
May 2011	9.0%	10.6%	10.9%	141,502
April 2011	9.0%	10.8%	11.1%	144,612
March 2011	8.9%	11.1%	11.5%	149,167
February 2011	9.0%	11.5%	11.9%	154,977
January 2011	9.1%	11.9%	12.3%	160,303