The Villages, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages fell 0.2 percentage points in October 2018 to 4.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.8% and is now 9.4 percentage points lower. You can also compare The Villages unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Florida	3.4%	-0.1	-0.5
The Villages	4.4%	-0.2	-1.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

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 March 2010 at 3,448. There are now 2,104 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
The Villages	1,344	-56	-321

Number of Unemployed Persons

The Villages, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	The Villages Unemployment Rate	The Villages Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.4%	4.4%	1,344
September 2018	3.7%	3.5%	4.6%	1,400
August 2018	3.9%	3.7%	5.3%	1,610
July 2018	3.9%	3.7%	5.4%	1,661
June 2018	4.0%	3.8%	5.4%	1,662
May 2018	3.8%	3.8%	5.2%	1,587
April 2018	3.9%	3.9%	5.3%	1,631
March 2018	4.1%	3.9%	5.5%	1,679
February 2018	4.1%	3.9%	5.5%	1,680
January 2018	4.1%	3.9%	5.5%	1,689
December 2017	4.1%	3.9%	5.4%	1,632