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Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Deltona fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 2.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Deltona peaked in April 2020 at 14.6% and is now 11.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in September 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Deltona 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
Deltona 2.8% -0.1 -0.8
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: Deltona, Florida, National

Deltona, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Deltona, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Deltona peaked in May 2020 at 41,766. There are now 32,749 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 8,906 in September 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 111.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Deltona 9,017 -111 -2,112

Number of Unemployed Persons

Deltona, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.8% 9,017
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.9% 9,128
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 2.9% 9,179
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.9% 9,026
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.8% 8,906
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.9% 8,957
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.9% 9,144
June
2022
3.6% 2.8% 3.0% 9,397
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 3.1% 9,592
April
2022
3.6% 3.0% 3.2% 9,942
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 3.4% 10,350

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.