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Unemployment rate in Port St. Lucie

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 20 of 83 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2000 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Port St. Lucie · St. Lucie County · Florida · United States · World
−1.2 pp since 2015
Port St. Lucie St. Lucie 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
Port St. Lucie
4.3%
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 Port St. Lucie · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 4.3% · 2025
First value 4.8% · 2000
Highest 12.4% · 2010
Lowest 3.2% · 2022
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearPort St. LucieChange St. Lucie CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.3% +0.7 pp 4.6% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.6% +0.4 pp 3.9% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.2% ±0.0 pp 3.5% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.2% −1.4 pp 3.5% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.6% −2.9 pp 5.0% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.5% +3.9 pp 8.0% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.6% −0.3 pp 4.0% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.9% −0.7 pp 4.4% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.6% −0.5 pp 5.1% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 5.1% −0.4 pp 5.7% 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 5.5% −1.5 pp 6.4% 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 7.0% −2.0 pp 8.3% 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 9.0% −0.7 pp 10.4% 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 9.7% −1.5 pp 11.3% 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 11.2% −1.2 pp 12.8% 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 12.4% +0.7 pp 13.8% 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 11.7% +4.0 pp 13.2% 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 7.7% +3.0 pp 8.9% 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 4.7% +1.2 pp 5.8% 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 3.5% −0.3 pp 4.3% 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 3.8% −1.5 pp 4.9% 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 5.3% −0.4 pp 6.4% 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 5.7% −0.4 pp 6.8% 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 6.1% +0.7 pp 7.4% 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 5.4% +0.6 pp 6.5% 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 4.8% 5.8% 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
74 Key West 4.0%
73 Doral 4.3%
72 Parkland 4.4%
71 Palm Beach Gardens 4.5%
70 Jupiter 4.5%
69 Miami Beach 4.6%
68 Coral Gables 4.6%
67 Cooper City 4.8%
66 Boca Raton 4.8%
65 Weston 5.0%
64 Wellington 5.0%
63 Royal Palm Beach 5.0%
62 Temple Terrace 5.1%
61 Miami Lakes 5.1%
60 Davie 5.1%
59 Aventura 5.1%
58 Plantation 5.2%
57 Pinellas Park 5.2%
56 Oakland Park 5.2%
55 Coconut Creek 5.4%
54 West Palm Beach 5.6%
53 Sarasota 5.6%
52 Pensacola 5.6%
51 Largo 5.6%
50 Deerfield Beach 5.6%
…
18 Hialeah 6.6%
17 Jacksonville 6.8%
16 DeLand 6.8%
15 Port St. Lucie 7.0%
14 Lauderdale Lakes 7.0%
13 Melbourne 7.1%
12 Panama City 7.2%
…

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.