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Port St. Lucie, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Port St Lucie fell 0.1 percentage points in November 2021 to 4.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Port St Lucie peaked in April 2020 at 14.5% and is now 10.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare Port St Lucie unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Florida 4.5% -0.1 -0.9
Port St Lucie 4.0% -0.1 -0.6
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Port St Lucie, Florida, National

Port St Lucie, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Port St Lucie, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Port St Lucie peaked in April 2020 at 30,306. There are now 20,979 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Port St Lucie employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Port St Lucie, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
Port St Lucie 9,327 -287 -579

Number of Unemployed Persons

Port St Lucie, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Port St Lucie
Unemployment Rate		 Port St Lucie
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 4.5% 4.0% 9,327
October
2021		 4.6% 4.6% 4.1% 9,614
September
2021		 4.7% 4.8% 4.2% 9,826
August
2021		 5.2% 5.0% 4.4% 10,208
July
2021		 5.4% 5.1% 4.4% 10,245
June
2021		 5.9% 5.0% 5.3% 12,110
May
2021		 5.8% 4.9% 5.4% 12,132
April
2021		 6.0% 4.8% 5.6% 12,494
March
2021		 6.0% 4.7% 5.7% 12,600
February
2021		 6.2% 4.7% 5.4% 11,866
January
2021		 6.4% 4.8% 5.1% 11,137

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. ↩

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