St. Lucie County, FL Unemployment Rate Report

St. Lucie County, FL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in St. Lucie County, Florida has ranged from 2.7% in April 2022 to 21.2% in July 1992. The current unemployment rate for St. Lucie County is 3.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

St. Lucie County, FL Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

St. Lucie County, FL Current Unemployment - 3.4%

St. Lucie County, FL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2022	4.0%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.5%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	3.1%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.7%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.9%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.5%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.4%	2.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.4%	2.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2021	5.1%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	5.0%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	5.3%	5.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.2%	5.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	5.0%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.6%	5.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.3%	4.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	5.0%	4.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.3%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	4.0%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.6%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.2%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2020	3.8%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.7%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.4%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.1%	13.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	12.9%	13.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.7%	10.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	11.0%	11.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	7.3%	7.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.3%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	7.0%	6.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.1%	5.0%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.8%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2019	4.7%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.9%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.6%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.8%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.3%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.4%	3.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.2%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.8%	2.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.7%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.5%	2.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	3.3%	2.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2018	5.1%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	4.8%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	4.5%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.2%	3.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.3%	3.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	4.9%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.8%	3.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.6%	3.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	4.2%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.0%	3.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	4.1%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2017	5.9%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	5.4%	4.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	5.0%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.8%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	5.0%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	5.4%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.5%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	5.5%	4.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	5.2%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.9%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.9%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.8%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2016	5.8%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	5.5%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	5.4%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	5.3%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.3%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	6.0%	5.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	6.3%	5.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	6.3%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	6.1%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.9%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.6%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	5.6%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2015	7.0%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	6.4%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	6.1%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.1%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.4%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	6.7%	5.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	7.1%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.8%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	6.4%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	6.0%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	5.9%	5.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	5.7%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2014	8.9%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	8.7%	6.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	8.4%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	7.7%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	8.0%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	8.3%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	8.9%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	8.8%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	8.0%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	7.2%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.9%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	6.4%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2013	10.8%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.0%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.5%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.4%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	9.8%	7.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	10.8%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	10.9%	7.7%	7.3%
8 / 2013	10.9%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	10.2%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	10.0%	7.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.1%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	8.7%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2012	11.3%	9.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	11.0%	8.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	10.5%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	10.3%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	10.8%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	11.8%	9.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	12.2%	9.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	12.0%	9.0%	8.1%
9 / 2012	11.1%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	10.8%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	10.1%	7.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	10.1%	7.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2011	13.3%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	12.8%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.3%	10.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	12.1%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	12.4%	9.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	13.3%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	13.8%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	13.3%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	12.9%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	12.3%	9.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	11.5%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	11.1%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2010	14.0%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	13.5%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	13.3%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.8%	10.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	12.8%	10.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	13.6%	11.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	14.6%	11.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	14.8%	11.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	14.3%	11.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	14.1%	10.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	14.1%	11.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	13.3%	10.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2009	12.1%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.5%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.8%	9.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.8%	9.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	12.9%	10.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	13.6%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	14.4%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	14.4%	11.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	14.5%	11.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	14.1%	11.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	13.4%	10.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.2%	11.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2008	6.9%	5.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.8%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.9%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.7%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.9%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.7%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	9.9%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	10.6%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	10.6%	7.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	10.5%	7.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	10.7%	7.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.9%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2007	4.8%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	4.4%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	4.2%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	4.5%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.8%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	6.0%	4.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.8%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	6.8%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	7.2%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	6.8%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.5%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.6%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2006	3.7%	3.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.6%	3.1%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.3%	2.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	3.4%	2.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.7%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	4.3%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.0%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.1%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	5.0%	3.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.4%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.6%	3.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	4.2%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2005	5.6%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.2%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	4.7%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.4%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	4.5%	3.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	5.1%	3.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.5%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.1%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.1%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	4.6%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	4.5%	3.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.7%	3.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2004	5.6%	4.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	5.2%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	5.2%	4.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	5.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	5.6%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.8%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	7.5%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	7.0%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	9.1%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	7.8%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.9%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	5.9%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2003	6.5%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	5.9%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	5.6%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	5.4%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.6%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	8.1%	5.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	8.6%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	8.3%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	7.8%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.7%	4.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	6.2%	4.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	5.2%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2002	7.2%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	6.5%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	6.2%	5.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.1%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.4%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	7.9%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	9.4%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	9.4%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	8.5%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	7.7%	5.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	7.0%	5.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	6.5%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2001	5.2%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	4.6%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	4.5%	3.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	4.6%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	5.1%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	6.8%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	7.8%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	8.6%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	8.1%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	8.4%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	7.4%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.7%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2000	5.3%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.7%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	4.5%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.1%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.8%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	6.3%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	7.7%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	8.2%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	7.5%	3.9%	3.9%
10 / 2000	6.2%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	5.3%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	4.7%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1999	7.8%	4.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.0%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.3%	3.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	6.1%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	8.2%	3.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	11.6%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	13.6%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	13.7%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	13.0%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	10.6%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	8.7%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.5%	3.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1998	9.3%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.1%	4.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.6%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	6.8%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	8.3%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	12.6%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	15.7%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	15.8%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	15.1%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	11.5%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	9.4%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	7.3%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1997	10.8%	5.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	9.2%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.8%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	8.2%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	9.0%	4.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	11.8%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	14.6%	5.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	15.6%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	15.2%	5.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	10.9%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	9.5%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	8.3%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1996	10.0%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	8.7%	5.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	8.6%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	8.1%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	11.2%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	14.8%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	17.9%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	17.4%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	17.1%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	14.2%	5.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	12.1%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	10.2%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1995	10.1%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.9%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.7%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	8.3%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	10.5%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	17.0%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	18.1%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	17.7%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	16.8%	6.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	13.6%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	11.0%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	9.9%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1994	12.8%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	11.4%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.8%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	11.2%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	12.4%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	15.8%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	19.2%	6.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	19.1%	6.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	18.4%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	15.4%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	12.2%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	9.5%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1993	13.4%	7.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	12.0%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.8%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	10.4%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	11.2%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	13.1%	7.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	16.2%	7.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	16.4%	7.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	16.4%	7.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	15.6%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	14.3%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	11.7%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1992	13.9%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	12.9%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	12.2%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	12.9%	7.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	16.0%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	19.4%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	21.2%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	21.1%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	20.0%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	16.1%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	14.8%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	12.7%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1991	11.3%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	10.4%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	10.0%	7.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	10.0%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	12.2%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	15.3%	7.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	17.9%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	18.9%	7.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	18.4%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	15.6%	7.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	14.0%	7.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	12.6%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	St. Lucie County, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1990	9.3%	5.9%	5.4%
2 / 1990	9.0%	5.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	10.3%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	11.4%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	12.3%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	15.1%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	17.0%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	17.8%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	16.3%	6.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	13.7%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	12.5%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	10.7%	6.4%	6.3%