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Unemployment rate in Clearwater

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 35 of 83 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Clearwater · Pinellas County · Florida · United States · World
−1.2 pp since 2015
Clearwater Pinellas County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Clearwater
3.8%
Florida
3.9%
United States
3.6% · 2023
World
4.8%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Clearwater · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 3.8% · 2025
First value 3.4% · 2000
Highest 10.2% · 2010
Lowest 2.7% · 2022
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearClearwaterChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.8% +0.6 pp 3.7% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.2% +0.4 pp 3.2% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 2.8% +0.1 pp 2.7% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.7% −1.5 pp 2.7% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.2% −3.2 pp 4.1% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.4% +4.3 pp 7.4% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.1% −0.3 pp 3.1% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.4% −0.6 pp 3.4% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.0% −0.6 pp 3.9% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.6% −0.4 pp 4.5% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.0% −0.7 pp 5.0% 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.7% −0.9 pp 6.0% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.6% −1.2 pp 7.0% 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 7.8% −1.6 pp 8.3% 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.4% −0.8 pp 9.9% 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.2% +0.7 pp 10.9% 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 9.5% +3.7 pp 10.6% 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 5.8% +2.1 pp 6.6% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 3.7% +0.5 pp 4.1% 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.2% −0.3 pp 3.4% 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.5% −1.2 pp 3.9% 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 4.7% −0.9 pp 4.6% 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.6% −0.3 pp 5.5% 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.9% +1.3 pp 5.8% 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.6% +1.2 pp 4.5% 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.4% 3.3% 3.7% 4.0% 6.1%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2000 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
1 Fort Pierce 12.0%
2 Miami Gardens 9.9%
3 North Miami 9.3%
4 Daytona Beach 8.0%
5 Palm Bay 7.7%
6 Hallandale Beach 7.6%
7 Deltona 7.5%
8 North Miami Beach 7.5%
9 Palm Coast 7.5%
10 Riviera Beach 7.3%
11 Titusville 7.3%
12 Panama City 7.2%
13 Melbourne 7.1%
14 Lauderdale Lakes 7.0%
15 Port St. Lucie 7.0%
16 DeLand 6.8%
17 Jacksonville 6.8%
18 Hialeah 6.6%
19 Lauderhill 6.6%
20 Miami 6.6%
21 North Port 6.5%
22 Tamarac 6.5%
23 Cape Coral 6.4%
24 Fort Myers 6.4%
25 Hollywood 6.4%
…
42 Lake Worth Beach 5.8%
43 St. Petersburg 5.8%
44 Bonita Springs 5.7%
45 Clearwater 5.7%
46 Coral Springs 5.7%
47 Dania Beach 5.7%
48 Pembroke Pines 5.7%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2014

What it means

The share of people who want a job and are looking for one but do not have one.

How it is calculated

Unemployed people divided by the labour force (employed plus unemployed), following the international definition; annual average.