The Villages, Florida Unemployment
The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2021 to 4.5%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.7% and is now 9.2 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in December 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.5 percentage points. You can also compare The Villages unemployment with unemployment in other cities.
Unemployment Rate | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
National | 6.2% | -0.1 | +2.7 |
Florida | 4.7% | -0.1 | +1.4 |
The Villages | 4.5% | 0.0 | +0.2 |
Unemployment Rate: The Villages, Florida, National
Note: Recessions shown in gray.
The Villages, Florida Unemployed
The number of people unemployed in The Villages peaked in April 2020 at 3,799. There are now 2,391 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.
Unemployed Persons | February 2021 | Month/Month | Year/Year |
---|---|---|---|
The Villages | 1,408 | -2 | -7 |
Number of Unemployed Persons
The Villages, Florida Unemployment History
Date | National Unemployment Rate |
Florida Unemployment Rate |
The Villages Unemployment Rate |
The Villages Unemployed |
---|---|---|---|---|
March 2021 |
6.0% | — | — | — |
February 2021 |
6.2% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 1,408 |
January 2021 |
6.3% | 4.8% | 4.5% | 1,410 |
December 2020 |
6.7% | 5.1% | 6.0% | 1,962 |
November 2020 |
6.7% | 5.4% | 6.1% | 1,956 |
October 2020 |
6.9% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 1,963 |
September 2020 |
7.8% | 7.2% | 6.2% | 1,980 |
August 2020 |
8.4% | 7.9% | 6.3% | 2,006 |
July 2020 |
10.2% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 3,138 |
June 2020 |
11.1% | 11.6% | 9.5% | 2,919 |
May 2020 |
13.3% | 14.2% | 12.5% | 3,792 |
April 2020 |
14.8% | 14.0% | 12.5% | 3,799 |
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. ↩