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Cities in Florida by unemployment rate

Fort Pierce, FL had the highest unemployment rate of 105 cities in May 2026, at 6.7%. Miami Beach, FL had the lowest, at 2.2%. The median was 4.4% and the figure for Florida was 4.8%. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest6.7Fort Pierce, FL
Lowest2.2Miami Beach, FL
Median4.4105 cities
Florida4.8History

Top 40 cities, May 2026

Fort Pierce, FL: 6.7 %Fort Pierce, FL6.7Daytona Beach, FL: 6.5 %Daytona Beach, FL6.5Gainesville, FL: 6.1 %Gainesville, FL6.1Venice, FL: 6 %Venice, FL6Haines City, FL: 5.9 %Haines City, FL5.9DeLand, FL: 5.8 %DeLand, FL5.8Leesburg, FL: 5.8 %Leesburg, FL5.8Lakeland, FL: 5.7 %Lakeland, FL5.7Sebastian, FL: 5.5 %Sebastian, FL5.5Winter Haven, FL: 5.4 %Winter Haven, FL5.4Lauderhill, FL: 5.3 %Lauderhill, FL5.3Palm Coast, FL: 5.3 %Palm Coast, FL5.3Tallahassee, FL: 5.2 %Tallahassee, FL5.2Ocala, FL: 5.1 %Ocala, FL5.1Riviera Beach, FL: 5.1 %Riviera Beach, FL5.1St. Cloud, FL: 5.1 %St. Cloud, FL5.1Clermont, FL: 5 %Clermont, FL5Dania Beach, FL: 5 %Dania Beach, FL5Deltona, FL: 5 %Deltona, FL5Estero, FL: 5 %Estero, FL5Fort Myers, FL: 5 %Fort Myers, FL5North Port, FL: 5 %North Port, FL5Titusville, FL: 5 %Titusville, FL5Bradenton, FL: 4.9 %Bradenton, FL4.9Lauderdale Lakes, FL: 4.9 %Lauderdale Lakes, FL4.9Palm Bay, FL: 4.9 %Palm Bay, FL4.9Boca Raton, FL: 4.8 %Boca Raton, FL4.8Bonita Springs, FL: 4.8 %Bonita Springs, FL4.8Cape Coral, FL: 4.8 %Cape Coral, FL4.8Cooper City, FL: 4.8 %Cooper City, FL4.8New Smyrna Beach, FL: 4.8 %New Smyrna Beach, FL4.8Ormond Beach, FL: 4.8 %Ormond Beach, FL4.8Port St. Lucie, FL: 4.8 %Port St. Lucie, FL4.8Temple Terrace, FL: 4.8 %Temple Terrace, FL4.8Weston, FL: 4.8 %Weston, FL4.8Jacksonville, FL: 4.7 %Jacksonville, FL4.7Melbourne, FL: 4.7 %Melbourne, FL4.7Parkland, FL: 4.7 %Parkland, FL4.7Tampa, FL: 4.7 %Tampa, FL4.7Tarpon Springs, FL: 4.7 %Tarpon Springs, FL4.7Fort Pierce, FL: 6.7 %Fort Pierce, FL6.7Daytona Beach, FL: 6.5 %Daytona Beach, FL6.5Gainesville, FL: 6.1 %Gainesville, FL6.1Venice, FL: 6 %Venice, FL6Haines City, FL: 5.9 %Haines City, FL5.9DeLand, FL: 5.8 %DeLand, FL5.8Leesburg, FL: 5.8 %Leesburg, FL5.8Lakeland, FL: 5.7 %Lakeland, FL5.7Sebastian, FL: 5.5 %Sebastian, FL5.5Winter Haven, FL: 5.4 %Winter Haven, FL5.4Lauderhill, FL: 5.3 %Lauderhill, FL5.3Palm Coast, FL: 5.3 %Palm Coast, FL5.3Tallahassee, FL: 5.2 %Tallahassee, FL5.2Ocala, FL: 5.1 %Ocala, FL5.1Riviera Beach, FL: 5.1 %Riviera Beach, FL5.1St. Cloud, FL: 5.1 %St. Cloud, FL5.1Clermont, FL: 5 %Clermont, FL5Dania Beach, FL: 5 %Dania Beach, FL5Deltona, FL: 5 %Deltona, FL5Estero, FL: 5 %Estero, FL5Fort Myers, FL: 5 %Fort Myers, FL5North Port, FL: 5 %North Port, FL5Titusville, FL: 5 %Titusville, FL5Bradenton, FL: 4.9 %Bradenton, FL4.9Lauderdale Lakes, FL: 4.9 %Lauderdale Lakes, FL4.9Palm Bay, FL: 4.9 %Palm Bay, FL4.9Boca Raton, FL: 4.8 %Boca Raton, FL4.8Bonita Springs, FL: 4.8 %Bonita Springs, FL4.8Cape Coral, FL: 4.8 %Cape Coral, FL4.8Cooper City, FL: 4.8 %Cooper City, FL4.8New Smyrna Beach, FL: 4.8 %New Smyrna Beach, FL4.8Ormond Beach, FL: 4.8 %Ormond Beach, FL4.8Port St. Lucie, FL: 4.8 %Port St. Lucie, FL4.8Temple Terrace, FL: 4.8 %Temple Terrace, FL4.8Weston, FL: 4.8 %Weston, FL4.8Jacksonville, FL: 4.7 %Jacksonville, FL4.7Melbourne, FL: 4.7 %Melbourne, FL4.7Parkland, FL: 4.7 %Parkland, FL4.7Tampa, FL: 4.7 %Tampa, FL4.7Tarpon Springs, FL: 4.7 %Tarpon Springs, FL4.7
%. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCitiesMay 2026 (%)Change on May 2025
1Fort Pierce, FL6.7+1.4 pts
2Daytona Beach, FL6.5+1.5 pts
3Gainesville, FL6.1+1.3 pts
4Venice, FL6+1.3 pts
5Haines City, FL5.9+1 pts
6DeLand, FL5.8+1.4 pts
6Leesburg, FL5.8+1.4 pts
8Lakeland, FL5.7+1.3 pts
9Sebastian, FL5.5+1.5 pts
10Winter Haven, FL5.4+1 pts
11Lauderhill, FL5.3+1.4 pts
11Palm Coast, FL5.3+1.2 pts
13Tallahassee, FL5.2+1.1 pts
14Ocala, FL5.1+1 pts
14Riviera Beach, FL5.1+0.9 pts
14St. Cloud, FL5.1+1.3 pts
17Clermont, FL5+1.1 pts
17Dania Beach, FL5+1.6 pts
17Deltona, FL5+1 pts
17Estero, FL5+0.8 pts
17Fort Myers, FL5+1.2 pts
17North Port, FL5+1.2 pts
17Titusville, FL5+1.1 pts
24Bradenton, FL4.9+1.1 pts
24Lauderdale Lakes, FL4.9+1 pts
24Palm Bay, FL4.9+1 pts
27Boca Raton, FL4.8+1 pts
27Bonita Springs, FL4.8+1.1 pts
27Cape Coral, FL4.8+1.1 pts
27Cooper City, FL4.8+1.3 pts
27New Smyrna Beach, FL4.8+1 pts
27Ormond Beach, FL4.8+1.1 pts
27Port St. Lucie, FL4.8+1 pts
27Temple Terrace, FL4.8+1 pts
27Weston, FL4.8+1.3 pts
36Jacksonville, FL4.7+0.9 pts
36Melbourne, FL4.7+1.1 pts
36Parkland, FL4.7+1.1 pts
36Tampa, FL4.7+1 pts
36Tarpon Springs, FL4.7+1 pts
41Coral Springs, FL4.6+1.2 pts
41Pompano Beach, FL4.6+1.2 pts
41Sanford, FL4.6+1.1 pts
41Sarasota, FL4.6+1 pts
41Wellington, FL4.6+1.2 pts
46Crestview, FL4.5+0.9 pts
46Kissimmee, FL4.5+0.8 pts
46Pembroke Pines, FL4.5+1.1 pts
46Tamarac, FL4.5+1.1 pts
46Winter Park, FL4.5+0.9 pts
51Fort Lauderdale, FL4.4+1.1 pts
51Greenacres, FL4.4+1 pts
51Hallandale Beach, FL4.4+1.2 pts
51North Lauderdale, FL4.4+1.1 pts
51Panama City, FL4.4+0.7 pts
51Port Orange, FL4.4+0.8 pts
51Sunrise, FL4.4+1 pts
51Winter Springs, FL4.4+1.1 pts
59Clearwater, FL4.3+1 pts
59Davie, FL4.3+1.2 pts
59Deerfield Beach, FL4.3+1 pts
59Delray Beach, FL4.3+1.1 pts
59Margate, FL4.3+1.1 pts
59Oviedo, FL4.3+0.8 pts
59Pensacola, FL4.3+0.9 pts
59Plant City, FL4.3+0.9 pts
67Boynton Beach, FL4.2+1.1 pts
67Coconut Creek, FL4.2+1 pts
67Dunedin, FL4.2+1 pts
67Eustis, FL4.2+0.7 pts
67Hollywood, FL4.2+1.1 pts
67Lake Worth Beach, FL4.2+1 pts
67Miramar, FL4.2+1 pts
67Oakland Park, FL4.2+1.1 pts
67Rockledge, FL4.2+1.1 pts
67Royal Palm Beach, FL4.2+0.9 pts
67West Melbourne, FL4.2+0.7 pts
78Casselberry, FL4.1+0.8 pts
78Ocoee, FL4.1+0.9 pts
78Orlando, FL4.1+0.9 pts
78Palm Springs, FL4.1+1.1 pts
78Pinellas Park, FL4.1+1 pts
78Plantation, FL4.1+1 pts
78West Palm Beach, FL4.1+0.7 pts
85Apopka, FL4+0.6 pts
85Jupiter, FL4+1 pts
85St. Petersburg, FL4+0.7 pts
85Winter Garden, FL4+0.8 pts
89Altamonte Springs, FL3.9+0.9 pts
89Largo, FL3.9+0.8 pts
89Palm Beach Gardens, FL3.9+0.8 pts
92Miami Gardens, FL3.4+0.1 pts
93Coral Gables, FL3.2+0.2 pts
94North Miami, FL3+0.1 pts
95Homestead, FL2.8+0.1 pts
95Key West, FL2.8+0.6 pts
95North Miami Beach, FL2.8+0.1 pts
98Aventura, FL2.7+0.1 pts
98Palmetto Bay, FL2.7+0.1 pts
100Cutler Bay, FL2.5+0.2 pts
100Hialeah, FL2.50 pts
102Doral, FL2.30 pts
102Miami Lakes, FL2.30 pts
102Miami, FL2.30 pts
105Miami Beach, FL2.20 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force, using the survey definition of unemployment: without work, available and looking for work.

More on how it is measured
  • Spain: EPA, aged 16 and over.
  • EU: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74.
  • United States: civilian labour force aged 16 and over, from the Current Population Survey for the nation and from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics models, consistent with that survey, for states, counties and cities.
  • United Kingdom regions: Labour Force Survey, aged 16 and over, seasonally adjusted.
  • Canada: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the country and the provinces.
  • Australia: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted, for the nation and the six states; the ABS publishes no seasonally adjusted series for the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory.
  • New Zealand: Household Labour Force Survey, aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted for the country and not seasonally adjusted for regional council areas.
  • Norway: Statistics Norway Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted monthly figures.
  • Sweden: Labour Force Survey, aged 15 to 74, seasonally adjusted and smoothed (the series Statistics Sweden gives in its monthly release), national.
  • Switzerland: Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS), ILO definition, permanent resident population aged 15 and over, seasonally adjusted quarterly averages, national.
  • For other countries, the source may be OECD survey-based rates, annual survey-based rates compiled by the ILO in ILOSTAT, or annual ILO modelled estimates published by the World Bank.
  • ILO modelled estimates cover ages 15 and over.
  • The World series uses those ILO modelled estimates.

Survey-based for national and Eurostat series. Available for Spain, regions, provinces, EU countries, US states, US counties, US cities (those of 25,000 or more and smaller New England cities), United Kingdom regions, Canadian provinces, Australia and its six states, New Zealand with 10 of its regions, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland (national), not Spanish municipalities. For Spanish municipalities use registered_unemployment_rate.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03) (Cities in Florida by unemployment rate, 2026-05) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Florida by unemployment rate, 2026-05. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/florida-cities?period=2026-05. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03). Cities in Florida by unemployment rate, 2026-05. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/florida-cities?period=2026-05.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment rate (measure 03), Cities in Florida by unemployment rate, 2026-05 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployment-rate/florida-cities?period=2026-05 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which city has the highest unemployment rate?

Fort Pierce, FL, with 6.7% in May 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployment rate?

Miami Beach, FL, with 2.2% in May 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

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