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Unemployment rate in Tarpon Springs

2017 – 2025 · 9 data points 24 of 83 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 2017 – 2025

Unemployment rate, 2017 – 2025 percent · Tarpon Springs · Pinellas County · Florida · United States · World
Tarpon Springs Pinellas County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017 – 2025

Compared with Unemployment rate · percent
Tarpon Springs
4.2%
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 Tarpon Springs · 2017 – 2025
Latest value 4.2% · 2025
First value 4.3% · 2017
Highest 7.6% · 2020
Lowest 3.1% · 2023
Data points 9

By year

All years · 2017 – 2025

YearTarpon SpringsChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2025 4.2% +0.7 pp 3.7% 3.9% — 4.8%
2024 3.5% +0.4 pp 3.2% 3.4% — 4.8%
2023 3.1% −0.1 pp 2.7% 2.9% 3.6% 4.8%
2022 3.2% −1.2 pp 2.7% 3.0% 3.7% 5.2%
2021 4.4% −3.2 pp 4.1% 4.7% 5.4% 6.0%
2020 7.6% +4.0 pp 7.4% 8.0% 8.1% 6.6%
2019 3.6% −0.2 pp 3.1% 3.2% 3.7% 5.6%
2018 3.8% −0.5 pp 3.4% 3.6% 3.9% 5.8%
2017 4.3% 3.9% 4.3% 4.4% 5.9%

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics · OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017 – 2025

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryUnemployment rate
78 Key West 3.3%
77 Parkland 3.5%
76 Palm Beach Gardens 3.6%
75 Davie 3.6%
74 Weston 3.7%
73 Plant City 3.7%
72 Plantation 3.7%
71 Jupiter 3.7%
70 Cooper City 3.7%
69 Wellington 3.8%
68 St. Petersburg 3.8%
67 Pinellas Park 3.8%
66 Pensacola 3.8%
65 Oakland Park 3.8%
64 Miramar 3.8%
63 Miami Lakes 3.8%
62 Doral 3.8%
61 Coconut Creek 3.8%
60 Sarasota 3.9%
59 Royal Palm Beach 3.9%
58 Rockledge 3.9%
57 Pembroke Pines 3.9%
56 Largo 3.9%
55 Hollywood 3.9%
54 North Lauderdale 4.0%
…
36 North Port 4.2%
35 Fort Lauderdale 4.2%
34 Dania Beach 4.2%
33 Tarpon Springs 4.3%
32 Ormond Beach 4.3%
31 Miami 4.3%
30 Jacksonville 4.3%
…

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.