Department of Numbers

The Villages, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages rose 0.1 percentage points in May 2023 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.2% and is now 9.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.6% in April 2023, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare The Villages 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
The Villages 3.7% +0.1 -0.1
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: The Villages, Florida, National

The Villages, Florida monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

The Villages, Florida Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in The Villages peaked in May 2020 at 4,154. There are now 2,725 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,400 in January 2023, the number of unemployed has now grown by 29.

Unemployed Persons May 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
The Villages 1,429 +25 +26

Number of Unemployed Persons

The Villages, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Florida
Unemployment Rate
The Villages
Unemployment Rate
The Villages
Unemployed
June
2023
3.6%
May
2023
3.7% 2.6% 3.7% 1,429
April
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.6% 1,404
March
2023
3.5% 2.6% 3.7% 1,420
February
2023
3.6% 2.6% 3.7% 1,404
January
2023
3.4% 2.6% 3.7% 1,400
December
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.7% 1,408
November
2022
3.6% 2.7% 3.7% 1,411
October
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.8% 1,421
September
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.8% 1,429
August
2022
3.7% 2.7% 3.8% 1,427
July
2022
3.5% 2.7% 3.8% 1,416

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.