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Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Deltona rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Deltona peaked in April 2020 at 14.3% and is now 11.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.9% in October 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Deltona 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
Deltona 3.0% +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: 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 41,777. There are now 32,118 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 9,181 in February 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 478.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Deltona 9,659 +261 -453

Number of Unemployed Persons

Deltona, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployment Rate
Deltona
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 2.6% 3.0% 9,659
April
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.9% 9,398
March
2023
3.5% 2.6% 2.9% 9,335
February
2023
3.6% 2.6% 2.9% 9,181
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 2.9% 9,185
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 2.9% 9,422
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 2.9% 9,416
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 2.9% 9,428
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.0% 9,491
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.0% 9,567
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.1% 9,669

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.