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Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Crestview rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 2.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Crestview peaked in April 2020 at 13.2% and is now 10.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.2% in January 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Crestview unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Florida 2.6% 0.0 -0.3
Crestview 2.3% +0.1 -0.2
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Crestview, Florida, National

Crestview, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Crestview, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Crestview peaked in April 2020 at 15,569. There are now 12,301 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,094 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 174.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Crestview 3,268 +93 -203

Number of Unemployed Persons

Crestview, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Crestview
Unemployment Rate
Crestview
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 2.6% 2.3% 3,268
April
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.2% 3,175
March
2023
3.5% 2.6% 2.2% 3,144
February
2023
3.6% 2.6% 2.2% 3,100
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.2% 3,094
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 3,190
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 2.3% 3,187
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.3% 3,193
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 3,224
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.4% 3,264
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.4% 3,315

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.