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 |
Unemployment Rate: Port St Lucie, Florida, National
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. ↩