Fort Pierce, FL Unemployment Rate Report

Fort Pierce, FL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Fort-Pierce, Florida has ranged from 3.6% in March 2006 to 32.4% in July 1992. The current unemployment rate for Fort-Pierce is 5.4% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Fort Pierce, FL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Fort Pierce, FL Current Unemployment - 5.4%

Fort Pierce, FL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2022	5.2%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	4.7%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	4.3%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	4.2%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	4.3%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.8%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.4%	2.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.4%	2.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2021	7.0%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	6.9%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	6.8%	5.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	7.6%	5.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	7.4%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	8.3%	5.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	7.5%	4.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.2%	4.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	6.2%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.8%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	4.7%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	5.0%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2020	5.7%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	5.4%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	7.4%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.4%	13.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.1%	13.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	11.2%	10.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	13.9%	11.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	9.9%	7.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	9.1%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	8.1%	6.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.9%	5.0%	6.7%
12 / 2020	5.3%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2019	6.9%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	6.2%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	5.9%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.3%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	5.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	6.0%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	6.4%	3.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	6.3%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	5.8%	2.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	5.4%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	5.1%	2.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	4.8%	2.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2018	7.3%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.8%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	6.8%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	6.4%	3.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	6.6%	3.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	7.2%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	7.2%	3.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	6.8%	3.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	6.6%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	6.0%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	5.5%	3.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	6.1%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2017	8.5%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	7.6%	4.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	6.9%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	7.1%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	7.5%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	7.8%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	8.1%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	8.4%	4.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	8.0%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	7.0%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	6.8%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	7.1%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2016	7.8%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	7.5%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	7.0%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	7.4%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	7.8%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	8.5%	5.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	9.1%	5.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	10.0%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	9.6%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	8.3%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	6.9%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.7%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2015	8.7%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	7.7%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	7.2%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	8.7%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	10.1%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	10.3%	5.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	11.6%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	10.9%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	10.4%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	8.0%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	7.7%	5.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	7.4%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2014	11.0%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	10.6%	6.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	10.5%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	10.5%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	12.0%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	13.3%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	14.3%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	14.9%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	13.4%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	10.4%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	9.1%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.5%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2013	11.8%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	10.4%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	9.7%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	10.0%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	12.7%	7.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	16.3%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	17.3%	7.7%	7.3%
8 / 2013	17.8%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	16.5%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	13.6%	7.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	11.1%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.0%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2012	12.8%	9.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	12.3%	8.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	11.2%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	13.3%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	14.4%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	17.6%	9.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	19.0%	9.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	18.9%	9.0%	8.1%
9 / 2012	16.6%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	14.3%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	11.4%	7.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.5%	7.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2011	14.2%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.6%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	12.7%	10.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	13.6%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	15.3%	9.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	16.9%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	19.7%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	19.1%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	18.3%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	16.7%	9.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	14.0%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	13.0%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2010	14.1%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	13.3%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	12.7%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	13.1%	10.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	14.1%	10.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	16.3%	11.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	19.9%	11.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	21.0%	11.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	20.0%	11.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	18.5%	10.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	16.6%	11.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	14.8%	10.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2009	12.1%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	12.1%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	12.5%	9.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	13.2%	9.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	14.3%	10.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	15.7%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	18.2%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	18.5%	11.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	18.6%	11.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	16.5%	11.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	14.1%	10.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	13.1%	11.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2008	7.6%	5.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	7.3%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	7.2%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.5%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	9.7%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	11.4%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	14.4%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	15.6%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	15.5%	7.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	13.4%	7.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	12.4%	7.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	11.5%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2007	5.5%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	5.2%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	5.1%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	5.3%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	6.0%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	9.5%	4.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	11.4%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	11.9%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	12.3%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	10.5%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	8.4%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	7.5%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2006	4.5%	3.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	4.2%	3.1%	4.8%
3 / 2006	3.6%	2.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	4.0%	2.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.3%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	6.8%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	8.4%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	8.8%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	8.6%	3.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	6.9%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	6.1%	3.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	5.2%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2005	6.0%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	5.2%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	5.1%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	4.7%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.8%	3.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	7.2%	3.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	8.8%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	8.3%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	8.2%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	7.2%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	5.8%	3.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	4.0%	3.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2004	9.5%	4.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	8.8%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	8.9%	4.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	8.4%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	9.4%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	11.3%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	12.5%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	11.6%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	15.0%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	12.9%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	11.5%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	9.9%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2003	10.8%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	10.0%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.4%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	9.2%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	11.0%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	13.3%	5.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	14.1%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	13.8%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	13.0%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2003	11.1%	4.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	10.4%	4.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.9%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2002	11.9%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	10.8%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	10.4%	5.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	10.2%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	10.8%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	13.1%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	15.5%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	15.4%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	14.0%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	12.7%	5.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	11.7%	5.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	10.8%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2001	8.7%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.7%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.7%	3.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	7.7%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	8.5%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	11.3%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	12.9%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	14.1%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	13.3%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	13.9%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	12.3%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	11.2%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2000	8.9%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	7.9%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	7.6%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	6.9%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	8.0%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	10.6%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	12.7%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	13.5%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	12.5%	3.9%	3.9%
10 / 2000	10.4%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	8.9%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	8.0%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1999	13.1%	4.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	11.9%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	10.8%	3.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	10.4%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	13.7%	3.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	18.9%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	21.9%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	22.1%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	21.1%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	17.5%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	14.5%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	11.1%	3.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1998	15.5%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	13.7%	4.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	12.9%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	11.5%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	14.0%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	20.4%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	25.0%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	25.1%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	24.1%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	18.8%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	15.6%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	12.4%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1997	17.8%	5.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	15.3%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	14.6%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	13.8%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	15.0%	4.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	19.3%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	23.3%	5.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	24.7%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	24.2%	5.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	18.0%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	15.8%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	13.9%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1996	16.6%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	14.6%	5.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	14.3%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	13.6%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	18.4%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	23.7%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	28.1%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	27.4%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	26.9%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	22.9%	5.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	19.7%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	16.8%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1995	16.7%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	13.3%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	12.9%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	13.9%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	17.3%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	26.8%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	28.3%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	27.7%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	26.6%	6.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	21.9%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	18.1%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	16.4%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1994	20.8%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	18.7%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	17.8%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	18.3%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	20.1%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	25.1%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	29.7%	6.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	29.7%	6.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	28.6%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	24.6%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	19.8%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	15.9%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1993	21.6%	7.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	19.5%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	17.8%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	17.2%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	18.3%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	21.2%	7.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	25.7%	7.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	26.0%	7.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	25.9%	7.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	24.8%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	23.0%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	19.1%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1992	22.4%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	20.9%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	19.9%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	21.0%	7.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	25.3%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	30.1%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	32.4%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	32.3%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	30.8%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	25.5%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	23.7%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	20.6%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1991	18.5%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	17.1%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	16.6%	7.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	16.5%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	19.9%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	24.4%	7.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	28.1%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	29.4%	7.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	28.7%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	24.8%	7.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	22.4%	7.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	20.5%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Pierce, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1990	15.5%	5.9%	5.4%
2 / 1990	14.9%	5.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	17.1%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	18.7%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	20.0%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	24.1%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	26.8%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	27.8%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	25.8%	6.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	22.0%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	20.3%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	17.6%	6.4%	6.3%