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The Villages, Florida Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for The Villages fell 0.3 percentage points in November 2021 to 5.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.2 percentage points higher than the Florida rate. The unemployment rate in The Villages peaked in February 2010 at 13.3% and is now 7.6 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.6% in December 2020, the unemployment rate has now grown by 1.1 percentage points. You can also compare The Villages unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
National 4.2% -0.4 -2.5
Florida 4.5% -0.1 -0.9
The Villages 5.7% -0.3 +0.4
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with November 2021 data as December 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 4,194. There are now 2,311 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 1,425 in December 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 458.

Unemployed Persons November 2021 Month/Month Year/Year
The Villages 1,883 -101 +206

Number of Unemployed Persons

The Villages, Florida Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate		 Florida
Unemployment Rate		 The Villages
Unemployment Rate		 The Villages
Unemployed
December
2021		 3.9% — — —
November
2021		 4.2% 4.5% 5.7% 1,883
October
2021		 4.6% 4.6% 6.0% 1,984
September
2021		 4.7% 4.8% 6.3% 2,088
August
2021		 5.2% 5.0% 6.6% 2,187
July
2021		 5.4% 5.1% 6.7% 2,230
June
2021		 5.9% 5.0% 7.5% 2,511
May
2021		 5.8% 4.9% 6.6% 2,149
April
2021		 6.0% 4.8% 6.8% 2,241
March
2021		 6.0% 4.7% 7.0% 2,287
February
2021		 6.2% 4.7% 6.2% 1,999
January
2021		 6.4% 4.8% 5.3% 1,675

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. ↩

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