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Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Punta Gorda fell 0.0 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.0%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Punta Gorda peaked in April 2020 at 14.3% and is now 11.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in October 2022, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Punta Gorda unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.7% +0.3 +0.1
Florida 2.6% 0.0 -0.3
Punta Gorda 3.0% 0.0 -0.3
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with May 2023 data as June 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 9,451. There are now 7,086 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 2,182 in November 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 183. Punta Gorda employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Punta Gorda, Florida) is also available.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
Punta Gorda 2,365 +39 -130

Number of Unemployed Persons

Punta Gorda, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 Punta Gorda
Unemployment Rate		 Punta Gorda
Unemployed
June
2023		 3.6% — — —
May
2023		 3.7% 2.6% 3.0% 2,365
April
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 3.0% 2,326
March
2023		 3.5% 2.6% 3.0% 2,346
February
2023		 3.6% 2.6% 3.1% 2,379
January
2023		 3.4% 2.6% 3.2% 2,506
December
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.8% 2,189
November
2022		 3.6% 2.7% 2.8% 2,182
October
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 2.8% 2,188
September
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 2.9% 2,230
August
2022		 3.7% 2.7% 3.0% 2,286
July
2022		 3.5% 2.7% 3.0% 2,346

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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