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The Villages, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages rose 0.1 percentage points in November 2023 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.5 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.2% and is now 8.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.6% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.8 percentage points. You can also compare The Villages unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% -0.1 +0.1
Florida 2.9% +0.1 +0.2
The Villages 4.4% +0.1 +0.7
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2023 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: The Villages, Florida, National

The Villages, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

The Villages, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in The Villages peaked in May 2020 at 4,154. There are now 2,415 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,400 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 339.

Unemployed Persons November 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
The Villages 1,739 +28 +328

Number of Unemployed Persons

The Villages, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
The Villages
Unemployment Rate
The Villages
Unemployed
December
2023
3.7%
November
2023
3.7% 2.9% 4.4% 1,739
October
2023
3.8% 2.8% 4.3% 1,711
September
2023
3.8% 2.8% 4.2% 1,661
August
2023
3.8% 2.7% 4.0% 1,564
July
2023
3.5% 2.7% 3.8% 1,501
June
2023
3.6% 2.6% 3.8% 1,457
May
2023
3.7% 2.6% 3.7% 1,426
April
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.6% 1,404
March
2023
3.5% 2.6% 3.7% 1,420
February
2023
3.6% 2.6% 3.7% 1,404
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.7% 1,400

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.