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Unemployment rate in Miami Beach

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 83 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 · Miami Beach · Miami-Dade County · Florida · United States · World
−2.3 pp since 2015
Miami Beach Miami-Dade 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
Miami Beach
2.3%
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 Miami Beach · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 2.3% · 2025
First value 3.7% · 2000
Highest 9.1% · 2010
Lowest 1.8% · 2023
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearMiami BeachChange Miami-Dade CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 2.3% +0.2 pp 2.7% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 2.1% +0.3 pp 2.4% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 1.8% −0.6 pp 2.0% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.4% −2.2 pp 2.7% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.6% −3.9 pp 5.5% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.5% +6.0 pp 7.9% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.5% −0.7 pp 2.9% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.2% −0.9 pp 3.7% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.1% −0.6 pp 4.7% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 4.7% +0.1 pp 5.4% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 4.6% ±0.0 pp 6.0% 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.6% −0.8 pp 6.4% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.4% −0.1 pp 7.4% 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.5% −1.5 pp 7.8% 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.0% −2.1 pp 9.7% 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 9.1% +1.1 pp 12.4% 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 8.0% +4.2 pp 10.1% 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 3.8% +1.1 pp 5.0% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 2.7% +0.3 pp 3.2% 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 2.4% −0.3 pp 2.8% 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 2.7% −0.9 pp 3.3% 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.6% −0.4 pp 4.2% 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 4.0% −0.4 pp 4.6% 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.4% ±0.0 pp 5.1% 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 4.4% +0.7 pp 5.0% 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 3.7% 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%
…
66 Boca Raton 4.8%
67 Cooper City 4.8%
68 Coral Gables 4.6%
69 Miami Beach 4.6%
70 Jupiter 4.5%
71 Palm Beach Gardens 4.5%
72 Parkland 4.4%
…

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.