Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Tallahassee rose 0.6 percentage points in November 2020 to 5.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in Tallahassee peaked in April 2020 at 8.7% and is now 2.8 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.8% in September 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.1 percentage points. You can also compare Tallahassee unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.7% | -0.2 | +3.1 |
Florida | 6.3% | -0.1 | +3.5 |
Tallahassee | 5.9% | +0.6 | +3.0 |
Unemployment Rate: Tallahassee, Florida, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
Tallahassee, Florida Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in Tallahassee peaked in November 2010 at 16,488. There are now 5,565 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 5,575 in December 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 5,348. Tallahassee employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Tallahassee, Florida) is also available.
Unemployed Persons | November 2020 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
Tallahassee | 10,923 | +1,194 | +5,234 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
Tallahassee, Florida Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Florida Unemployment Rate |
Tallahassee Unemployment Rate |
Tallahassee Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
December 2020 |
6.7% | 6.1% | — | — |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 10,923 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 6.4% | 5.3% | 9,729 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.2% | 4.8% | 8,893 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.3% | 5.4% | 10,064 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 11.4% | 8.1% | 14,786 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 10.3% | 6.7% | 12,014 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 13.7% | 8.4% | 14,847 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 13.8% | 8.7% | 14,850 |
March 2020 |
4.4% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 8,442 |
February 2020 |
3.5% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 5,716 |
January 2020 |
3.5% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 5,710 |
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. ↩