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Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Crestview fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Crestview peaked in April 2020 at 13.6% and is now 11.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Crestview unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Florida 2.6% -0.1 -0.9
Crestview 2.1% -0.1 -0.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February 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 16,052. There are now 13,073 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,955 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 24.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Crestview 2,979 -34 -578

Number of Unemployed Persons

Crestview, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Crestview
Unemployment Rate
Crestview
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.1% 2,979
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.2% 3,013
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 2.2% 3,048
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.2% 2,997
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.2% 2,955
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.2% 2,965
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.3% 3,045
June
2022
3.6% 2.8% 2.3% 3,133
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 2.3% 3,184
April
2022
3.6% 3.0% 2.4% 3,249
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 2.5% 3,342

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.