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Economy & jobs Statistics · City

Unemployment rate in New Smyrna Beach

2016 – 2025 · 10 data points 12 of 83 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2016 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2016 – 2025 percent · New Smyrna Beach · Volusia County · Florida · United States · World
New Smyrna Beach Volusia County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
New Smyrna Beach
4.4%
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 New Smyrna Beach · 2016 – 2025
Latest value 4.4% · 2025
First value 5.0% · 2016
Highest 7.3% · 2020
Lowest 3.2% · 2022
Data points 10

By year

All years · 2016 – 2025

YearNew Smyrna BeachChange Volusia CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.4% +0.8 pp 4.5% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.4 pp 3.8% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.2% ±0.0 pp 3.4% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.2% −1.0 pp 3.4% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.2% −3.1 pp 4.9% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.3% +4.0 pp 8.1% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.3% −0.7 pp 3.6% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 4.0% −0.4 pp 3.9% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.4% −0.6 pp 4.6% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.0% 5.2% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2016 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
23 Aventura 4.4%
47 Boca Raton 4.0%
18 Bonita Springs 4.5%
48 Boynton Beach 4.0%
19 Bradenton 4.5%
49 Cape Coral 4.0%
50 Clearwater 4.0%
61 Coconut Creek 3.8%
70 Cooper City 3.7%
20 Coral Gables 4.5%
51 Coral Springs 4.0%
24 Cutler Bay 4.4%
34 Dania Beach 4.2%
75 Davie 3.6%
4 Daytona Beach 5.5%
10 DeLand 4.8%
52 Deerfield Beach 4.0%
39 Delray Beach 4.1%
15 Deltona 4.6%
62 Doral 3.8%
40 Dunedin 4.1%
21 Estero 4.5%
35 Fort Lauderdale 4.2%
28 Fort Myers 4.3%
1 Fort Pierce 7.4%
…
2 Miami Gardens 6.1%
63 Miami Lakes 3.8%
64 Miramar 3.8%
26 New Smyrna Beach 4.4%
54 North Lauderdale 4.0%
3 North Miami 5.8%
12 North Miami Beach 4.8%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017

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.