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Port St. Lucie, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Port St Lucie rose 0.5 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.6 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Port St Lucie peaked in April 2020 at 14.0% and is now 8.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.3% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare Port St Lucie unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
National 6.7% -0.2 +3.1
Florida 6.4% 0.0 +3.6
Port St Lucie 5.8% +0.5 +2.5
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2020 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 28,494. There are now 15,871 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 11,298 in September 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,325. Port St Lucie employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Port St Lucie, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Port St Lucie 12,623 +1,157 +5,423

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
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.4% 5.8% 12,623
October
2020		 6.9% 6.4% 5.3% 11,466
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 5.3% 11,298
August
2020		 8.4% 7.3% 6.1% 13,143
July
2020		 10.2% 11.4% 9.5% 20,203
June
2020		 11.1% 10.3% 8.7% 18,293
May
2020		 13.3% 13.7% 12.4% 25,748
April
2020		 14.8% 13.8% 14.0% 28,494
March
2020		 4.4% 4.4% 5.2% 11,536
February
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 3.5% 7,698
January
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 3.4% 7,448

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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