Fort Walton Beach, FL Unemployment Rate Report

Fort Walton Beach, FL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Fort-Walton-Beach, Florida has ranged from 1.9% in April 2022 to 13.3% in April 2020. The current unemployment rate for Fort-Walton-Beach is 2.2% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Fort Walton Beach, FL Unemployment Rate by Month

Low Unemployment Area

Fort Walton Beach, FL Current Unemployment - 2.2%

Fort Walton Beach, FL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2022	2.8%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	2.5%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.1%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	1.9%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.0%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	2.5%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	2.3%	2.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	2.2%	2.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2021	3.5%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	3.8%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.0%	5.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	3.3%	5.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	3.2%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	3.7%	5.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	3.5%	4.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	3.3%	4.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	2.9%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	2.7%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	2.5%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	2.2%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2020	2.8%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	2.7%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	3.7%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	13.3%	13.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	9.6%	13.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	6.2%	10.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	6.9%	11.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	5.6%	7.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	3.7%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	3.7%	6.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.1%	5.0%	6.7%
12 / 2020	4.1%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2019	3.5%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.0%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	2.8%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	2.5%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	2.5%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	2.8%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	2.8%	3.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	2.7%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	2.4%	2.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	2.4%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	2.4%	2.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.3%	2.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	3.4%	3.8%	4.1%
3 / 2018	3.1%	3.6%	4.0%
4 / 2018	2.9%	3.4%	3.9%
5 / 2018	2.8%	3.4%	3.8%
6 / 2018	3.2%	3.9%	4.0%
7 / 2018	3.0%	3.8%	3.9%
8 / 2018	2.9%	3.7%	3.8%
9 / 2018	2.8%	3.4%	3.7%
10 / 2018	2.8%	3.3%	3.8%
11 / 2018	2.9%	3.3%	3.7%
12 / 2018	3.0%	3.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2017	4.4%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	3.9%	4.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	3.5%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	3.3%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	3.3%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	3.5%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	3.5%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	3.5%	4.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	3.2%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	3.2%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	3.3%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	3.3%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2016	4.5%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.2%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.0%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	3.8%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	3.7%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	4.0%	5.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	4.0%	5.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	3.9%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	4.0%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	4.0%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	4.0%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.0%	4.5%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2015	5.4%	6.0%	5.7%
2 / 2015	5.0%	5.6%	5.5%
3 / 2015	4.6%	5.4%	5.4%
4 / 2015	4.4%	5.3%	5.4%
5 / 2015	4.5%	5.5%	5.6%
6 / 2015	4.5%	5.7%	5.3%
7 / 2015	4.5%	5.8%	5.2%
8 / 2015	4.4%	5.6%	5.1%
9 / 2015	4.3%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2015	4.3%	5.2%	5.0%
11 / 2015	4.4%	5.1%	5.1%
12 / 2015	4.2%	4.9%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2014	5.7%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	5.6%	6.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	5.3%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	4.7%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	4.9%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	5.0%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	5.3%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	5.3%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	5.1%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	5.0%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	5.1%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	4.9%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2013	7.1%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	6.4%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	5.7%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	5.3%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	5.6%	7.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	5.8%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	5.8%	7.7%	7.3%
8 / 2013	5.6%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	5.5%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	5.4%	7.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	5.4%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	5.3%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2012	7.8%	9.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	7.4%	8.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	6.8%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	6.3%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	6.6%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	6.8%	9.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	7.0%	9.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	6.7%	9.0%	8.1%
9 / 2012	6.4%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	6.3%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	6.4%	7.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	6.6%	7.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2011	9.0%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	8.6%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	7.9%	10.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	7.3%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	7.5%	9.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	7.9%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	7.9%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	7.7%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	7.6%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	7.4%	9.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	7.5%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	7.5%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2010	9.4%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	9.1%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	8.5%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	7.8%	10.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	7.7%	10.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	7.9%	11.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	8.2%	11.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	8.2%	11.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	8.2%	11.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	8.4%	10.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	8.9%	11.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	8.7%	10.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2009	7.3%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	7.5%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	7.1%	9.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	6.7%	9.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	6.8%	10.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	6.9%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	6.9%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	6.8%	11.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	7.0%	11.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	7.4%	11.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	7.8%	10.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	8.0%	11.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2008	4.1%	5.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	4.0%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	3.9%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	3.6%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	4.1%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	4.5%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	5.0%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	5.0%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	5.1%	7.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	5.3%	7.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	5.7%	7.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	6.4%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2007	3.0%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	2.8%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	2.6%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	2.5%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	2.7%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	3.1%	4.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	3.2%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	3.2%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	3.1%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	3.2%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	3.4%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	3.7%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2006	2.6%	3.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	2.4%	3.1%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.2%	2.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.0%	2.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	2.2%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	2.5%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	2.6%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	2.6%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	2.5%	3.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	2.3%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	2.6%	3.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	2.5%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2005	3.4%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	3.3%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	2.9%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	2.5%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	2.6%	3.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	2.8%	3.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	2.7%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	2.6%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.0%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	2.8%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	2.9%	3.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	2.4%	3.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2004	3.8%	4.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	3.5%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	3.4%	4.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	3.0%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	3.2%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	3.6%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	3.3%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	3.3%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	3.1%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	3.5%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	3.4%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	3.3%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2003	4.6%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.1%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	3.8%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	3.6%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	3.6%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	4.1%	5.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	3.8%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	3.8%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	3.7%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2003	3.4%	4.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	3.5%	4.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	3.4%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2002	5.5%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.1%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	4.5%	5.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	4.2%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	4.0%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	4.4%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	4.2%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	4.2%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	4.1%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	4.0%	5.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	4.2%	5.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	4.2%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2001	4.2%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.9%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	3.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.6%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	3.4%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	3.9%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	3.7%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	4.0%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.0%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	5.0%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.2%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.3%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2000	4.2%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	4.1%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.8%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.4%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.6%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.0%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	3.7%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	3.7%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	3.6%	3.9%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.4%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	3.5%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.4%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1999	4.0%	4.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	3.8%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	3.3%	3.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	3.2%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	3.0%	3.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	3.3%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	3.4%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	3.4%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.4%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.4%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	3.6%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	3.5%	3.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1998	4.7%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	4.2%	4.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	3.8%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	3.2%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	3.2%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	3.5%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	3.1%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	2.9%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	3.0%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	3.2%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	3.2%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	3.2%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1997	4.7%	5.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	4.2%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	4.0%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	3.5%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	3.4%	4.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	3.7%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	3.3%	5.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	3.3%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	3.4%	5.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.4%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	3.7%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	3.7%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1996	5.8%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	5.0%	5.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	4.4%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	4.1%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	3.8%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	3.6%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	3.5%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	3.2%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	3.3%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	3.3%	5.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	4.0%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	3.8%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1995	5.4%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	4.4%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	3.9%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	3.9%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	3.8%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	3.8%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	3.8%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	3.6%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	3.8%	6.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	6.0%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.8%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	5.1%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1994	7.4%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	6.6%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	5.9%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	5.2%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	4.9%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	5.0%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	4.6%	6.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	4.3%	6.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	4.5%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	4.4%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	4.5%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	4.4%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1993	8.1%	7.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	7.3%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	6.6%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	6.1%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	5.9%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	6.0%	7.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	5.7%	7.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	5.6%	7.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	5.8%	7.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	5.8%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.1%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	6.1%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1992	8.1%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	7.6%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	6.4%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	5.8%	7.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	5.6%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	5.8%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	5.6%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	5.4%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	5.9%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	5.9%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.7%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	6.9%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1991	8.2%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	7.7%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	6.4%	7.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	5.9%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	5.8%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	5.8%	7.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	5.3%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	5.5%	7.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	5.6%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	5.9%	7.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.8%	7.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	7.1%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Fort Walton Beach, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1990	6.8%	5.9%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.6%	5.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	5.4%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	5.2%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.1%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.2%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	5.0%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.2%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.8%	6.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	6.1%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	7.4%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	7.4%	6.4%	6.3%