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Unemployment rate in Monroe County

2000 – 2025 · 26 data points 66 of 67 · Regions of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026

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

Unemployment rate, 2000 – 2025 percent · Monroe County · Florida · United States · World
−0.7 pp since 2015
Monroe 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
Monroe County
2.8%
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 Monroe County · 2000 – 2025
Latest value 2.8% · 2025
First value 2.9% · 2000
Highest 8.5% · 2020
Lowest 2.0% · 2023
Data points 26

By year

All years · 2000 – 2025

YearMonroe CountyChange FloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 2.8% +0.6 pp 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 2.2% +0.2 pp 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 2.0% −0.1 pp 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 2.1% −1.2 pp 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 3.3% −5.2 pp 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 8.5% +6.2 pp 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 2.3% −0.6 pp 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 2.9% −0.7 pp 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 3.6% +0.2 pp 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%
2016 3.4% −0.1 pp 4.9% 4.9% 6.0%
2015 3.5% −0.8 pp 5.5% 5.3% 6.0%
2014 4.3% −0.8 pp 6.5% 6.2% 6.0%
2013 5.1% −0.8 pp 7.5% 5.3% 6.1%
2012 5.9% −1.2 pp 8.7% 8.1% 6.2%
2011 7.1% −0.7 pp 10.2% 9.0% 6.1%
2010 7.8% +1.1 pp 11.3% 9.6% 6.3%
2009 6.7% +2.6 pp 10.2% 9.3% 6.4%
2008 4.1% +1.4 pp 6.3% 5.8% 5.8%
2007 2.7% +0.2 pp 4.0% 4.6% 5.8%
2006 2.5% −0.2 pp 3.3% 4.6% 6.0%
2005 2.7% −0.4 pp 3.7% 5.1% 6.2%
2004 3.1% −0.4 pp 4.6% 5.5% 6.3%
2003 3.5% −0.5 pp 5.3% 6.0% 6.5%
2002 4.0% +0.4 pp 5.6% 5.8% 6.4%
2001 3.6% +0.7 pp 4.7% 4.8% 6.2%
2000 2.9% 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 · Regions of Florida

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
28 Alachua County 4.5%
39 Baker County 4.2%
53 Bay County 4.0%
29 Bradford County 4.5%
40 Brevard County 4.2%
60 Broward County 3.7%
34 Calhoun County 4.4%
9 Charlotte County 4.9%
3 Citrus County 5.8%
45 Clay County 4.1%
46 Collier County 4.1%
20 Columbia County 4.7%
10 DeSoto County 4.9%
8 Dixie County 5.1%
47 Duval County 4.1%
35 Escambia County 4.3%
14 Flagler County 4.8%
23 Franklin County 4.6%
15 Gadsden County 4.8%
48 Gilchrist County 4.1%
13 Glades County 4.9%
50 Gulf County 4.1%
4 Hamilton County 5.8%
22 Hardee County 4.7%
33 Hendry County 4.5%
…
11 Marion County 4.9%
44 Martin County 4.2%
67 Miami-Dade County 2.7%
66 Monroe County 2.8%
56 Nassau County 3.9%
58 Okaloosa County 3.8%
27 Okeechobee County 4.6%
…

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

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.