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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

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
40 Aventura 4.6%
68 Boca Raton 3.9%
65 Bonita Springs 4.0%
29 Boynton Beach 4.8%
30 Bradenton 4.8%
50 Cape Coral 4.3%
52 Clearwater 4.2%
58 Coconut Creek 4.1%
76 Cooper City 3.6%
70 Coral Gables 3.8%
41 Coral Springs 4.6%
71 Crestview 3.8%
33 Cutler Bay 4.7%
13 Dania Beach 5.6%
66 Davie 4.0%
6 Daytona Beach 6.8%
17 DeLand 5.1%
27 Deerfield Beach 4.9%
34 Delray Beach 4.7%
20 Deltona 5.0%
53 Doral 4.2%
74 Dunedin 3.7%
59 Estero 4.1%
14 Fort Lauderdale 5.6%
35 Fort Myers 4.7%
…
1 Miami Gardens 8.8%
72 Miami Lakes 3.8%
23 Miramar 5.0%
54 New Smyrna Beach 4.2%
11 North Lauderdale 5.7%
3 North Miami 7.7%
7 North Miami Beach 6.4%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2021

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.