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Unemployment rate in Delray Beach

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 48 of 83 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 6, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Delray Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States · World
−1.3 pp since 2015
Delray Beach Palm Beach 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
Delray Beach
3.7%
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 Delray Beach · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 3.7% · 2025
First value 5.4% · 2000
Highest 10.4% · 2010
Lowest 2.8% · 2022
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearDelray BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 3.7% +0.6 pp 3.9% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.1% +0.2 pp 3.3% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 2.9% +0.1 pp 3.0% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.8% −1.9 pp 3.0% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.7% −4.7 pp 4.5% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 9.4% +6.2 pp 8.0% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.2% −0.3 pp 3.4% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.5% −0.6 pp 3.7% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.1% −0.6 pp 4.2% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.7% −0.3 pp 4.8% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.0% −0.9 pp 5.2% 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 5.9% −1.0 pp 6.1% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 6.9% −1.1 pp 7.5% 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.0% −1.7 pp 8.8% 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 9.7% −0.7 pp 10.2% 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 10.4% +0.1 pp 11.0% 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.3% +3.9 pp 10.5% 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.4% +2.4 pp 6.7% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.0% +0.5 pp 4.4% 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.5% −0.6 pp 3.8% 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 4.1% −2.5 pp 4.3% 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 6.6% −0.9 pp 5.3% 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 7.5% −0.4 pp 6.0% 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 7.9% +1.3 pp 6.3% 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 6.6% +1.2 pp 5.2% 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 5.4% 4.3% 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%
…
34 Tampa 6.1%
35 Sunrise 6.0%
36 Boynton Beach 5.9%
37 Delray Beach 5.9%
38 Plant City 5.9%
39 Port Orange 5.9%
40 Dunedin 5.8%
…

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.