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Ocala, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Ocala fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 3.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Ocala peaked in January 2010 at 13.4% and is now 10.3 percentage points lower. You can also compare Ocala 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
Ocala 3.1% -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: Ocala, Florida, National

Ocala, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Ocala, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Ocala peaked in February 2010 at 17,570. There are now 13,054 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Ocala employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Ocala, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Ocala 4,516 -76 -1,044

Number of Unemployed Persons

Ocala, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
Ocala
Unemployment Rate
Ocala
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.1% 4,516
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.2% 4,592
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 3.2% 4,681
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.2% 4,665
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.2% 4,642
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.3% 4,678
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.3% 4,745
June
2022
3.6% 2.8% 3.4% 4,818
May
2022
3.6% 2.9% 3.4% 4,847
April
2022
3.6% 3.0% 3.5% 4,977
March
2022
3.6% 3.1% 3.6% 5,165

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.