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Unemployment rate in Jacksonville

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 22 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 · Jacksonville · Duval County · Florida · United States · World
−1.7 pp since 2015
Jacksonville Duval 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
Jacksonville
4.2%
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 Jacksonville · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 4.2% · 2025
First value 3.4% · 2000
Highest 11.2% · 2010
Lowest 3.2% · 2022
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearJacksonvilleChange Duval CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.2% +0.6 pp 4.1% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.4 pp 3.5% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.2% ±0.0 pp 3.2% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.2% −1.5 pp 3.2% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.7% −2.4 pp 4.6% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.1% +3.7 pp 7.0% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.4% −0.3 pp 3.4% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.7% −0.6 pp 3.7% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.3% −0.7 pp 4.3% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.0% −0.9 pp 4.9% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.9% −0.9 pp 5.9% 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 6.8% −0.8 pp 7.0% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 7.6% −1.2 pp 7.9% 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 8.8% −1.4 pp 9.0% 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 10.2% −1.0 pp 10.4% 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 11.2% +1.0 pp 11.4% 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 10.2% +4.0 pp 10.4% 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 6.2% +2.1 pp 6.3% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.1% +0.6 pp 4.2% 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.5% −0.4 pp 3.6% 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.9% −1.3 pp 4.0% 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.2% −0.4 pp 5.1% 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.6% −0.2 pp 5.6% 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 5.8% +1.3 pp 5.7% 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.5% +1.1 pp 4.4% 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.4% 3.4% 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
15 Aventura 5.3%
41 Boca Raton 4.6%
23 Bonita Springs 5.0%
48 Boynton Beach 4.5%
17 Bradenton 5.1%
42 Cape Coral 4.6%
43 Clearwater 4.6%
63 Coconut Creek 4.3%
68 Cooper City 4.2%
16 Coral Gables 5.2%
49 Coral Springs 4.5%
24 Cutler Bay 5.0%
30 Dania Beach 4.9%
69 Davie 4.2%
4 Daytona Beach 6.3%
8 DeLand 5.5%
44 Deerfield Beach 4.6%
34 Delray Beach 4.7%
18 Deltona 5.1%
56 Doral 4.4%
45 Dunedin 4.6%
19 Estero 5.1%
35 Fort Lauderdale 4.7%
33 Fort Myers 4.8%
1 Fort Pierce 8.0%
…
5 Hialeah 5.6%
50 Hollywood 4.5%
9 Homestead 5.5%
25 Jacksonville 5.0%
73 Jupiter 4.1%
76 Key West 3.1%
64 Lake Worth Beach 4.3%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016

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.