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Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Punta Gorda rose 0.3 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.7 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Punta Gorda peaked in April 2020 at 15.1% and is now 9.4 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 5.4% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare Punta Gorda 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
Punta Gorda 5.7% +0.3 +2.4
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: Punta Gorda, Florida, National

Punta Gorda, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Punta Gorda peaked in April 2020 at 10,051. There are now 5,881 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 3,886 in October 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 284. Punta Gorda employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Punta Gorda, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons November 2020 Month/Month Year/Year
Punta Gorda 4,170 +284 +1,781

Number of Unemployed Persons

Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Punta Gorda
Unemployment Rate		 Punta Gorda
Unemployed
December
2020		 6.7% — — —
November
2020		 6.7% 6.4% 5.7% 4,170
October
2020		 6.9% 6.4% 5.4% 3,886
September
2020		 7.8% 7.2% 5.4% 3,891
August
2020		 8.4% 7.3% 6.1% 4,421
July
2020		 10.2% 11.4% 9.7% 6,856
June
2020		 11.1% 10.3% 8.9% 6,088
May
2020		 13.3% 13.7% 12.7% 8,555
April
2020		 14.8% 13.8% 15.1% 10,051
March
2020		 4.4% 4.4% 4.9% 3,594
February
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 3.4% 2,459
January
2020		 3.5% 2.8% 3.3% 2,420

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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