The Villages, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 5.1%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.8% and is now 8.7 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.4% in October 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.7 percentage points. You can also compare The Villages unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Florida	3.5%	+0.1	-0.4
The Villages	5.1%	-0.1	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 1,806 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,345 in October 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 297.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
The Villages	1,642	-11	-38

Number of Unemployed Persons

The Villages, Florida Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Florida Unemployment Rate	The Villages Unemployment Rate	The Villages Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.5%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.5%	5.1%	1,642
January 2019	4.0%	3.4%	5.2%	1,653
December 2018	3.9%	3.3%	4.9%	1,529
November 2018	3.7%	3.3%	4.5%	1,386
October 2018	3.8%	3.3%	4.4%	1,345
September 2018	3.7%	3.3%	4.6%	1,400
August 2018	3.8%	3.4%	5.3%	1,610
July 2018	3.9%	3.5%	5.4%	1,661
June 2018	4.0%	3.6%	5.4%	1,662
May 2018	3.8%	3.7%	5.2%	1,587
April 2018	3.9%	3.7%	5.3%	1,631