Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Crestview rose 0.4 percentage points in November 2020 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Crestview peaked in April 2020 at 13.9% and is now 9.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.9% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.4 percentage points. You can also compare Crestview unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Florida | 6.4% | 0.0 | +3.6 |
Crestview | 4.3% | +0.4 | +1.9 |
Unemployment Rate: Crestview, Florida, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Crestview, Florida Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Crestview peaked in April 2020 at 16,283. There are now 10,834 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 4,852 in September 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 597.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Crestview | 5,449 | +542 | +2,277 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Crestview, Florida Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Florida Unemployment Rate |
Crestview Unemployment Rate |
Crestview Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | — | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.4% | 4.3% | 5,449 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.4% | 3.9% | 4,907 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4,852 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.3% | 4.6% | 5,544 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 11.4% | 7.2% | 8,472 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.3% | 6.4% | 7,457 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 13.7% | 10.3% | 11,958 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 13.8% | 13.9% | 16,283 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 4.4% | 3.7% | 4,787 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3,206 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3,195 |
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. ↩