Moderate Unemployment Area
Lake Wales, FL Current Unemployment - 3.5%
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
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1992
1991
1990
Lake Wales, FL Unemployment Rate
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2022
4.2%
3.5%
4.0%
2 / 2022
3.7%
3.1%
3.8%
3 / 2022
3.2%
2.7%
3.6%
4 / 2022
2.9%
2.4%
3.6%
5 / 2022
3.0%
2.5%
3.6%
6 / 2022
3.7%
2.9%
3.6%
7 / 2022
3.6%
2.8%
3.5%
8 / 2022
3.5%
2.8%
3.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2021
5.6%
5.3%
6.3%
2 / 2021
5.4%
5.1%
6.2%
3 / 2021
5.6%
5.3%
6.0%
4 / 2021
5.7%
5.2%
6.1%
5 / 2021
5.5%
5.0%
5.8%
6 / 2021
6.2%
5.7%
5.9%
7 / 2021
5.8%
4.8%
5.4%
8 / 2021
5.4%
4.6%
5.2%
9 / 2021
4.7%
4.0%
4.7%
10 / 2021
4.4%
3.6%
4.6%
11 / 2021
3.9%
3.2%
4.2%
12 / 2021
3.4%
2.9%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2020
3.7%
3.0%
3.6%
2 / 2020
3.5%
2.8%
3.5%
3 / 2020
4.9%
4.3%
4.4%
4 / 2020
14.0%
13.3%
14.7%
5 / 2020
17.6%
13.5%
13.3%
6 / 2020
13.6%
10.5%
11.1%
7 / 2020
13.2%
11.6%
10.2%
8 / 2020
9.2%
7.6%
8.4%
9 / 2020
7.9%
7.2%
7.9%
10 / 2020
7.1%
6.4%
6.9%
11 / 2020
7.0%
5.0%
6.7%
12 / 2020
6.7%
4.2%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2019
4.4%
3.8%
4.0%
2 / 2019
3.8%
3.3%
3.8%
3 / 2019
3.7%
3.2%
3.8%
4 / 2019
3.4%
2.9%
3.6%
5 / 2019
3.6%
3.0%
3.6%
6 / 2019
4.0%
3.3%
3.7%
7 / 2019
4.1%
3.4%
3.7%
8 / 2019
4.0%
3.3%
3.7%
9 / 2019
3.5%
2.9%
3.5%
10 / 2019
3.4%
2.8%
3.6%
11 / 2019
3.3%
2.7%
3.5%
12 / 2019
3.1%
2.5%
3.5%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2018
4.8%
4.1%
4.1%
2 / 2018
4.5%
3.8%
4.1%
3 / 2018
4.2%
3.6%
4.0%
4 / 2018
4.0%
3.4%
3.9%
5 / 2018
3.9%
3.4%
3.8%
6 / 2018
4.6%
3.9%
4.0%
7 / 2018
4.5%
3.8%
3.9%
8 / 2018
4.3%
3.7%
3.8%
9 / 2018
4.0%
3.4%
3.7%
10 / 2018
3.9%
3.3%
3.8%
11 / 2018
3.8%
3.3%
3.7%
12 / 2018
3.9%
3.4%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2017
5.6%
4.8%
4.7%
2 / 2017
5.1%
4.4%
4.7%
3 / 2017
4.7%
4.2%
4.4%
4 / 2017
4.4%
4.0%
4.4%
5 / 2017
4.5%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 2017
5.0%
4.4%
4.3%
7 / 2017
5.1%
4.4%
4.3%
8 / 2017
5.1%
4.4%
4.4%
9 / 2017
4.7%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 2017
4.6%
4.0%
4.1%
11 / 2017
4.6%
4.0%
4.2%
12 / 2017
4.4%
3.8%
4.1%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2016
5.9%
5.0%
4.9%
2 / 2016
5.4%
4.7%
4.9%
3 / 2016
5.3%
4.7%
5.0%
4 / 2016
5.1%
4.6%
5.0%
5 / 2016
5.0%
4.5%
4.8%
6 / 2016
5.8%
5.0%
4.9%
7 / 2016
5.9%
5.0%
4.8%
8 / 2016
5.9%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2016
5.8%
5.0%
5.0%
10 / 2016
5.5%
4.8%
4.9%
11 / 2016
5.3%
4.6%
4.7%
12 / 2016
5.1%
4.5%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2015
6.9%
6.0%
5.7%
2 / 2015
6.4%
5.6%
5.5%
3 / 2015
6.1%
5.4%
5.4%
4 / 2015
6.0%
5.3%
5.4%
5 / 2015
6.3%
5.5%
5.6%
6 / 2015
6.6%
5.7%
5.3%
7 / 2015
6.9%
5.8%
5.2%
8 / 2015
6.6%
5.6%
5.1%
9 / 2015
6.3%
5.4%
5.0%
10 / 2015
6.1%
5.2%
5.0%
11 / 2015
6.0%
5.1%
5.1%
12 / 2015
5.7%
4.9%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2014
7.5%
6.6%
6.6%
2 / 2014
7.4%
6.6%
6.7%
3 / 2014
7.3%
6.6%
6.7%
4 / 2014
6.6%
6.0%
6.2%
5 / 2014
7.0%
6.3%
6.3%
6 / 2014
7.4%
6.4%
6.1%
7 / 2014
7.9%
6.8%
6.2%
8 / 2014
8.0%
6.8%
6.1%
9 / 2014
7.4%
6.3%
5.9%
10 / 2014
6.9%
6.0%
5.7%
11 / 2014
6.9%
5.9%
5.8%
12 / 2014
6.4%
5.6%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2013
9.2%
8.3%
8.0%
2 / 2013
8.5%
7.7%
7.7%
3 / 2013
8.0%
7.3%
7.5%
4 / 2013
7.6%
7.0%
7.6%
5 / 2013
8.1%
7.2%
7.5%
6 / 2013
8.8%
7.7%
7.5%
7 / 2013
8.9%
7.7%
7.3%
8 / 2013
8.8%
7.6%
7.2%
9 / 2013
8.4%
7.2%
7.2%
10 / 2013
8.1%
7.0%
7.2%
11 / 2013
7.5%
6.6%
6.9%
12 / 2013
7.1%
6.3%
6.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2012
10.2%
9.0%
8.3%
2 / 2012
9.9%
8.8%
8.3%
3 / 2012
9.5%
8.5%
8.2%
4 / 2012
9.0%
8.1%
8.2%
5 / 2012
9.4%
8.4%
8.2%
6 / 2012
10.2%
9.0%
8.2%
7 / 2012
10.6%
9.2%
8.2%
8 / 2012
10.4%
9.0%
8.1%
9 / 2012
9.6%
8.3%
7.8%
10 / 2012
9.3%
8.1%
7.8%
11 / 2012
8.9%
7.8%
7.7%
12 / 2012
8.8%
7.9%
7.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2011
12.0%
10.8%
9.1%
2 / 2011
11.6%
10.4%
9.0%
3 / 2011
11.1%
10.1%
9.0%
4 / 2011
10.7%
9.7%
9.1%
5 / 2011
10.9%
9.9%
9.0%
6 / 2011
11.7%
10.5%
9.1%
7 / 2011
12.3%
10.7%
9.0%
8 / 2011
11.9%
10.3%
9.0%
9 / 2011
11.5%
9.9%
9.0%
10 / 2011
10.9%
9.5%
8.8%
11 / 2011
10.4%
9.1%
8.6%
12 / 2011
10.1%
9.0%
8.5%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2010
12.3%
11.5%
9.8%
2 / 2010
12.0%
11.2%
9.8%
3 / 2010
11.8%
11.0%
9.9%
4 / 2010
11.3%
10.6%
9.9%
5 / 2010
11.3%
10.5%
9.6%
6 / 2010
12.0%
11.0%
9.4%
7 / 2010
12.9%
11.4%
9.4%
8 / 2010
12.9%
11.5%
9.5%
9 / 2010
12.6%
11.1%
9.5%
10 / 2010
12.3%
10.9%
9.4%
11 / 2010
12.6%
11.1%
9.8%
12 / 2010
11.9%
10.7%
9.3%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2009
10.1%
9.0%
7.8%
2 / 2009
10.4%
9.5%
8.3%
3 / 2009
10.5%
9.7%
8.7%
4 / 2009
10.3%
9.5%
9.0%
5 / 2009
10.6%
10.1%
9.4%
6 / 2009
11.3%
10.8%
9.5%
7 / 2009
12.0%
11.0%
9.5%
8 / 2009
12.2%
11.1%
9.6%
9 / 2009
12.3%
11.1%
9.8%
10 / 2009
12.1%
11.1%
10.0%
11 / 2009
11.9%
10.9%
9.9%
12 / 2009
12.0%
11.1%
9.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2008
5.4%
5.0%
5.0%
2 / 2008
5.2%
4.8%
4.9%
3 / 2008
5.3%
5.0%
5.1%
4 / 2008
5.1%
4.8%
5.0%
5 / 2008
5.9%
5.5%
5.4%
6 / 2008
6.6%
6.2%
5.6%
7 / 2008
7.6%
6.8%
5.8%
8 / 2008
8.1%
7.2%
6.1%
9 / 2008
8.1%
7.1%
6.1%
10 / 2008
8.2%
7.3%
6.5%
11 / 2008
8.5%
7.6%
6.8%
12 / 2008
9.0%
8.1%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2007
4.1%
3.6%
4.6%
2 / 2007
3.8%
3.4%
4.5%
3 / 2007
3.6%
3.3%
4.4%
4 / 2007
3.6%
3.3%
4.5%
5 / 2007
3.8%
3.5%
4.4%
6 / 2007
4.7%
4.1%
4.6%
7 / 2007
5.3%
4.4%
4.7%
8 / 2007
5.4%
4.5%
4.6%
9 / 2007
5.4%
4.5%
4.7%
10 / 2007
5.1%
4.4%
4.7%
11 / 2007
5.0%
4.4%
4.7%
12 / 2007
5.1%
4.7%
5.0%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2006
3.5%
3.1%
4.7%
2 / 2006
3.4%
3.1%
4.8%
3 / 2006
3.1%
2.9%
4.7%
4 / 2006
3.0%
2.8%
4.7%
5 / 2006
3.2%
3.0%
4.6%
6 / 2006
3.6%
3.4%
4.6%
7 / 2006
4.3%
3.6%
4.7%
8 / 2006
4.3%
3.6%
4.7%
9 / 2006
4.2%
3.5%
4.5%
10 / 2006
3.7%
3.2%
4.4%
11 / 2006
3.9%
3.3%
4.5%
12 / 2006
3.6%
3.2%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2005
4.7%
4.3%
5.3%
2 / 2005
4.4%
4.1%
5.4%
3 / 2005
4.0%
3.8%
5.2%
4 / 2005
3.7%
3.5%
5.2%
5 / 2005
3.7%
3.5%
5.1%
6 / 2005
4.2%
3.9%
5.0%
7 / 2005
4.5%
3.9%
5.0%
8 / 2005
4.3%
3.7%
4.9%
9 / 2005
4.3%
3.7%
5.0%
10 / 2005
3.8%
3.4%
5.0%
11 / 2005
3.8%
3.5%
5.0%
12 / 2005
3.3%
3.0%
4.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2004
5.0%
4.9%
5.7%
2 / 2004
4.7%
4.6%
5.6%
3 / 2004
4.7%
4.7%
5.8%
4 / 2004
4.4%
4.3%
5.6%
5 / 2004
4.6%
4.4%
5.6%
6 / 2004
5.5%
5.0%
5.6%
7 / 2004
6.0%
5.0%
5.5%
8 / 2004
5.7%
4.8%
5.4%
9 / 2004
5.6%
4.7%
5.4%
10 / 2004
5.2%
4.6%
5.5%
11 / 2004
5.0%
4.4%
5.4%
12 / 2004
4.6%
4.2%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2003
5.7%
5.5%
5.8%
2 / 2003
5.4%
5.2%
5.9%
3 / 2003
5.2%
5.0%
5.9%
4 / 2003
5.1%
4.9%
6.0%
5 / 2003
5.3%
5.1%
6.1%
6 / 2003
6.5%
5.8%
6.3%
7 / 2003
6.7%
5.7%
6.2%
8 / 2003
6.6%
5.6%
6.1%
9 / 2003
6.3%
5.4%
6.1%
10 / 2003
5.5%
4.9%
6.0%
11 / 2003
5.2%
4.9%
5.8%
12 / 2003
4.6%
4.5%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2002
6.1%
6.1%
5.7%
2 / 2002
5.6%
5.7%
5.7%
3 / 2002
5.5%
5.6%
5.7%
4 / 2002
5.4%
5.5%
5.9%
5 / 2002
5.4%
5.4%
5.8%
6 / 2002
6.3%
5.9%
5.8%
7 / 2002
6.9%
6.0%
5.8%
8 / 2002
6.9%
5.9%
5.7%
9 / 2002
6.3%
5.6%
5.7%
10 / 2002
5.8%
5.3%
5.7%
11 / 2002
5.7%
5.4%
5.9%
12 / 2002
5.3%
5.2%
6.0%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2001
4.3%
3.9%
4.2%
2 / 2001
4.0%
3.7%
4.2%
3 / 2001
4.2%
3.9%
4.3%
4 / 2001
4.2%
3.9%
4.4%
5 / 2001
4.2%
3.9%
4.3%
6 / 2001
5.2%
4.5%
4.5%
7 / 2001
6.0%
4.6%
4.6%
8 / 2001
6.1%
5.0%
4.9%
9 / 2001
5.7%
4.8%
5.0%
10 / 2001
6.4%
5.8%
5.3%
11 / 2001
6.1%
5.9%
5.5%
12 / 2001
6.1%
5.8%
5.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 2000
3.9%
3.7%
4.0%
2 / 2000
3.6%
3.5%
4.1%
3 / 2000
3.5%
3.5%
4.0%
4 / 2000
3.2%
3.3%
3.8%
5 / 2000
3.6%
3.6%
4.0%
6 / 2000
4.5%
4.0%
4.0%
7 / 2000
5.2%
4.1%
4.0%
8 / 2000
5.4%
4.2%
4.1%
9 / 2000
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
10 / 2000
4.2%
3.6%
3.9%
11 / 2000
4.0%
3.5%
3.9%
12 / 2000
3.6%
3.3%
3.9%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1999
4.6%
4.1%
4.3%
2 / 1999
4.4%
4.0%
4.4%
3 / 1999
4.1%
3.7%
4.2%
4 / 1999
3.9%
3.7%
4.3%
5 / 1999
4.0%
3.7%
4.2%
6 / 1999
6.0%
4.1%
4.3%
7 / 1999
7.2%
4.3%
4.3%
8 / 1999
6.9%
4.2%
4.2%
9 / 1999
6.6%
4.1%
4.2%
10 / 1999
5.1%
3.8%
4.1%
11 / 1999
4.7%
3.7%
4.1%
12 / 1999
3.7%
3.3%
4.0%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1998
5.4%
4.7%
4.6%
2 / 1998
4.9%
4.3%
4.6%
3 / 1998
4.9%
4.4%
4.7%
4 / 1998
4.2%
3.9%
4.3%
5 / 1998
4.7%
4.1%
4.4%
6 / 1998
6.6%
4.6%
4.5%
7 / 1998
8.1%
4.7%
4.5%
8 / 1998
7.9%
4.7%
4.5%
9 / 1998
7.4%
4.6%
4.6%
10 / 1998
5.7%
4.3%
4.5%
11 / 1998
4.9%
4.0%
4.4%
12 / 1998
3.9%
3.6%
4.4%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1997
6.3%
5.2%
5.3%
2 / 1997
5.7%
4.8%
5.2%
3 / 1997
5.9%
4.8%
5.2%
4 / 1997
5.5%
4.5%
5.1%
5 / 1997
5.7%
4.6%
4.9%
6 / 1997
7.7%
5.1%
5.0%
7 / 1997
8.8%
5.1%
4.9%
8 / 1997
8.9%
5.1%
4.8%
9 / 1997
8.0%
5.0%
4.9%
10 / 1997
6.3%
4.5%
4.7%
11 / 1997
5.6%
4.3%
4.6%
12 / 1997
5.0%
4.2%
4.7%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1996
6.2%
5.5%
5.6%
2 / 1996
5.6%
5.1%
5.5%
3 / 1996
5.5%
5.0%
5.5%
4 / 1996
5.2%
4.8%
5.6%
5 / 1996
5.9%
5.1%
5.6%
6 / 1996
7.2%
5.3%
5.3%
7 / 1996
9.4%
5.7%
5.5%
8 / 1996
8.9%
5.3%
5.1%
9 / 1996
8.7%
5.3%
5.2%
10 / 1996
7.2%
5.0%
5.2%
11 / 1996
6.5%
4.9%
5.4%
12 / 1996
5.6%
4.6%
5.4%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1995
6.6%
5.9%
5.6%
2 / 1995
5.5%
5.1%
5.4%
3 / 1995
5.6%
5.0%
5.4%
4 / 1995
5.8%
5.2%
5.8%
5 / 1995
6.3%
5.3%
5.6%
6 / 1995
9.1%
5.8%
5.6%
7 / 1995
10.0%
6.1%
5.7%
8 / 1995
9.8%
6.0%
5.7%
9 / 1995
9.4%
6.0%
5.6%
10 / 1995
7.7%
5.6%
5.5%
11 / 1995
6.8%
5.4%
5.6%
12 / 1995
5.8%
5.1%
5.6%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1994
9.1%
7.2%
6.6%
2 / 1994
8.3%
6.8%
6.6%
3 / 1994
8.3%
6.7%
6.5%
4 / 1994
7.9%
6.5%
6.4%
5 / 1994
7.6%
6.3%
6.1%
6 / 1994
8.9%
6.8%
6.1%
7 / 1994
10.9%
6.9%
6.1%
8 / 1994
10.8%
6.7%
6.0%
9 / 1994
9.7%
6.5%
5.9%
10 / 1994
8.2%
6.1%
5.8%
11 / 1994
7.1%
5.8%
5.6%
12 / 1994
6.0%
5.2%
5.5%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1993
10.1%
7.8%
7.3%
2 / 1993
9.4%
7.4%
7.1%
3 / 1993
8.8%
7.0%
7.0%
4 / 1993
8.5%
6.9%
7.1%
5 / 1993
9.1%
6.9%
7.1%
6 / 1993
11.2%
7.4%
7.0%
7 / 1993
11.9%
7.5%
6.9%
8 / 1993
11.7%
7.3%
6.8%
9 / 1993
11.2%
7.2%
6.7%
10 / 1993
10.3%
7.0%
6.8%
11 / 1993
9.5%
6.7%
6.6%
12 / 1993
8.0%
6.4%
6.5%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1992
10.1%
8.7%
7.3%
2 / 1992
10.0%
8.6%
7.4%
3 / 1992
9.9%
8.2%
7.4%
4 / 1992
9.3%
7.9%
7.4%
5 / 1992
10.3%
8.1%
7.6%
6 / 1992
12.7%
8.8%
7.8%
7 / 1992
13.7%
8.7%
7.7%
8 / 1992
13.4%
8.6%
7.6%
9 / 1992
13.2%
8.6%
7.6%
10 / 1992
10.8%
7.7%
7.3%
11 / 1992
10.5%
7.6%
7.4%
12 / 1992
9.5%
7.2%
7.4%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1991
9.0%
7.0%
6.4%
2 / 1991
8.4%
7.1%
6.6%
3 / 1991
8.0%
7.0%
6.8%
4 / 1991
7.9%
6.9%
6.7%
5 / 1991
9.9%
7.4%
6.9%
6 / 1991
11.6%
7.9%
6.9%
7 / 1991
12.2%
7.9%
6.8%
8 / 1991
12.1%
7.9%
6.9%
9 / 1991
11.8%
7.9%
6.9%
10 / 1991
10.3%
7.8%
7.0%
11 / 1991
9.9%
7.8%
7.0%
12 / 1991
9.2%
7.9%
7.3%
Month/Year
Lake Wales, FL%
Florida%
National %
1 / 1990
7.6%
5.9%
5.4%
2 / 1990
7.6%
5.7%
5.3%
3 / 1990
8.9%
5.5%
5.2%
4 / 1990
10.4%
5.7%
5.4%
5 / 1990
10.8%
5.7%
5.4%
6 / 1990
11.6%
6.1%
5.2%
7 / 1990
12.4%
6.3%
5.5%
8 / 1990
12.5%
6.5%
5.7%
9 / 1990
11.8%
6.7%
5.9%
10 / 1990
10.0%
6.3%
5.9%
11 / 1990
9.5%
6.6%
6.2%
12 / 1990
8.7%
6.4%
6.3%