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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

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
83 Miami Lakes 2.1%
82 Miami Beach 2.1%
81 Key West 2.1%
80 Doral 2.1%
79 Miami 2.2%
78 Palmetto Bay 2.3%
77 Cutler Bay 2.3%
76 Hialeah 2.4%
75 Aventura 2.4%
74 North Miami Beach 2.5%
73 Homestead 2.5%
72 Coral Gables 2.7%
71 North Miami 2.8%
70 Plantation 2.9%
69 Palm Springs 2.9%
68 Palm Beach Gardens 2.9%
67 Jupiter 2.9%
66 Davie 2.9%
65 Rockledge 3.0%
64 Oakland Park 3.0%
63 North Lauderdale 3.0%
62 Miramar 3.0%
61 Lake Worth Beach 3.0%
60 Hollywood 3.0%
59 Cooper City 3.0%
…
19 Palm Bay 3.6%
18 Ormond Beach 3.6%
17 North Port 3.6%
16 New Smyrna Beach 3.6%
15 Jacksonville 3.6%
14 Fort Myers 3.6%
13 Titusville 3.7%
…

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2024

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.