Port St. Lucie, FL Unemployment Rate Report

Port St. Lucie, FL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Port-St.-Lucie, Florida has ranged from 2.4% in April 2022 to 16.9% in July 1992. The current unemployment rate for Port-St.-Lucie is 3.0% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Port St. Lucie, FL Unemployment Rate by Month

Moderate Unemployment Area

Port St. Lucie, FL Current Unemployment - 3.0%

Port St. Lucie, FL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2022	3.6%	3.5%	4.0%
2 / 2022	3.2%	3.1%	3.8%
3 / 2022	2.7%	2.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	2.4%	2.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	2.5%	2.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	3.0%	2.9%	3.6%
7 / 2022	3.0%	2.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	3.0%	2.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2021	4.7%	5.3%	6.3%
2 / 2021	4.5%	5.1%	6.2%
3 / 2021	4.9%	5.3%	6.0%
4 / 2021	5.1%	5.2%	6.1%
5 / 2021	4.9%	5.0%	5.8%
6 / 2021	5.7%	5.7%	5.9%
7 / 2021	5.0%	4.8%	5.4%
8 / 2021	4.7%	4.6%	5.2%
9 / 2021	4.2%	4.0%	4.7%
10 / 2021	3.7%	3.6%	4.6%
11 / 2021	3.8%	3.2%	4.2%
12 / 2021	3.5%	2.9%	3.9%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2020	3.4%	3.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	3.3%	2.8%	3.5%
3 / 2020	4.8%	4.3%	4.4%
4 / 2020	14.6%	13.3%	14.7%
5 / 2020	13.1%	13.5%	13.3%
6 / 2020	9.5%	10.5%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.6%	11.6%	10.2%
8 / 2020	6.9%	7.6%	8.4%
9 / 2020	6.2%	7.2%	7.9%
10 / 2020	4.8%	6.4%	6.9%
11 / 2020	4.2%	5.0%	6.7%
12 / 2020	3.4%	4.2%	6.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2019	4.2%	3.8%	4.0%
2 / 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.8%
3 / 2019	3.5%	3.2%	3.8%
4 / 2019	3.2%	2.9%	3.6%
5 / 2019	3.4%	3.0%	3.6%
6 / 2019	3.8%	3.3%	3.7%
7 / 2019	3.9%	3.4%	3.7%
8 / 2019	3.7%	3.3%	3.7%
9 / 2019	3.3%	2.9%	3.5%
10 / 2019	3.3%	2.8%	3.6%
11 / 2019	3.1%	2.7%	3.5%
12 / 2019	2.9%	2.5%	3.5%

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

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2017	5.2%	4.8%	4.7%
2 / 2017	4.6%	4.4%	4.7%
3 / 2017	4.3%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2017	4.1%	4.0%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.3%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.8%	4.4%	4.3%
7 / 2017	4.7%	4.4%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.6%	4.4%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.4%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.3%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.0%	4.2%
12 / 2017	4.3%	3.8%	4.1%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2016	5.1%	5.0%	4.9%
2 / 2016	4.7%	4.7%	4.9%
3 / 2016	4.8%	4.7%	5.0%
4 / 2016	4.7%	4.6%	5.0%
5 / 2016	4.6%	4.5%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.4%	5.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.4%	5.0%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.2%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.2%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.1%	4.8%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.2%	4.6%	4.7%
12 / 2016	4.9%	4.5%	4.7%

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

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2014	8.0%	6.6%	6.6%
2 / 2014	7.7%	6.6%	6.7%
3 / 2014	7.5%	6.6%	6.7%
4 / 2014	6.6%	6.0%	6.2%
5 / 2014	6.6%	6.3%	6.3%
6 / 2014	6.7%	6.4%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.1%	6.8%	6.2%
8 / 2014	6.9%	6.8%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.3%	6.3%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.0%	6.0%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.1%	5.9%	5.8%
12 / 2014	5.6%	5.6%	5.6%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2013	9.9%	8.3%	8.0%
2 / 2013	9.2%	7.7%	7.7%
3 / 2013	8.9%	7.3%	7.5%
4 / 2013	8.6%	7.0%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.6%	7.2%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.0%	7.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	8.8%	7.7%	7.3%
8 / 2013	8.6%	7.6%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.1%	7.2%	7.2%
10 / 2013	8.5%	7.0%	7.2%
11 / 2013	8.1%	6.6%	6.9%
12 / 2013	7.7%	6.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2012	10.2%	9.0%	8.3%
2 / 2012	9.9%	8.8%	8.3%
3 / 2012	9.6%	8.5%	8.2%
4 / 2012	8.9%	8.1%	8.2%
5 / 2012	9.2%	8.4%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.6%	9.0%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.9%	9.2%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.5%	9.0%	8.1%
9 / 2012	9.0%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	9.2%	8.1%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.1%	7.8%	7.7%
12 / 2012	9.1%	7.9%	7.9%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2011	12.1%	10.8%	9.1%
2 / 2011	11.8%	10.4%	9.0%
3 / 2011	11.2%	10.1%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.9%	9.7%	9.1%
5 / 2011	10.9%	9.9%	9.0%
6 / 2011	11.6%	10.5%	9.1%
7 / 2011	11.5%	10.7%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.9%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.7%	9.9%	9.0%
10 / 2011	10.5%	9.5%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.2%	9.1%	8.6%
12 / 2011	9.9%	9.0%	8.5%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2010	12.8%	11.5%	9.8%
2 / 2010	12.6%	11.2%	9.8%
3 / 2010	12.4%	11.0%	9.9%
4 / 2010	11.9%	10.6%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.7%	10.5%	9.6%
6 / 2010	12.3%	11.0%	9.4%
7 / 2010	12.4%	11.4%	9.4%
8 / 2010	12.3%	11.5%	9.5%
9 / 2010	12.2%	11.1%	9.5%
10 / 2010	12.2%	10.9%	9.4%
11 / 2010	12.7%	11.1%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.2%	10.7%	9.3%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2009	11.0%	9.0%	7.8%
2 / 2009	11.5%	9.5%	8.3%
3 / 2009	11.6%	9.7%	8.7%
4 / 2009	11.6%	9.5%	9.0%
5 / 2009	11.6%	10.1%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.1%	10.8%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.3%	11.0%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.2%	11.1%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.3%	11.1%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.4%	11.1%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.1%	10.9%	9.9%
12 / 2009	12.2%	11.1%	9.9%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2008	6.2%	5.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	6.2%	4.8%	4.9%
3 / 2008	6.3%	5.0%	5.1%
4 / 2008	6.0%	4.8%	5.0%
5 / 2008	6.7%	5.5%	5.4%
6 / 2008	7.2%	6.2%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.9%	6.8%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.5%	7.2%	6.1%
9 / 2008	8.7%	7.1%	6.1%
10 / 2008	9.1%	7.3%	6.5%
11 / 2008	9.6%	7.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	10.0%	8.1%	7.3%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2007	4.1%	3.6%	4.6%
2 / 2007	3.8%	3.4%	4.5%
3 / 2007	3.7%	3.3%	4.4%
4 / 2007	3.9%	3.3%	4.5%
5 / 2007	4.1%	3.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	4.8%	4.1%	4.6%
7 / 2007	5.2%	4.4%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.2%	4.5%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.4%	4.5%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.4%	4.4%	4.7%
11 / 2007	5.7%	4.4%	4.7%
12 / 2007	6.0%	4.7%	5.0%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2006	3.3%	3.1%	4.7%
2 / 2006	3.1%	3.1%	4.8%
3 / 2006	2.9%	2.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	2.9%	2.8%	4.7%
5 / 2006	3.0%	3.0%	4.6%
6 / 2006	3.4%	3.4%	4.6%
7 / 2006	3.7%	3.6%	4.7%
8 / 2006	3.8%	3.6%	4.7%
9 / 2006	3.7%	3.5%	4.5%
10 / 2006	3.5%	3.2%	4.4%
11 / 2006	3.8%	3.3%	4.5%
12 / 2006	3.6%	3.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2005	4.7%	4.3%	5.3%
2 / 2005	4.4%	4.1%	5.4%
3 / 2005	3.9%	3.8%	5.2%
4 / 2005	3.5%	3.5%	5.2%
5 / 2005	3.5%	3.5%	5.1%
6 / 2005	3.8%	3.9%	5.0%
7 / 2005	3.8%	3.9%	5.0%
8 / 2005	3.6%	3.7%	4.9%
9 / 2005	3.6%	3.7%	5.0%
10 / 2005	3.3%	3.4%	5.0%
11 / 2005	3.7%	3.5%	5.0%
12 / 2005	3.2%	3.0%	4.9%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2004	4.6%	4.9%	5.7%
2 / 2004	4.3%	4.6%	5.6%
3 / 2004	4.3%	4.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	4.1%	4.3%	5.6%
5 / 2004	4.6%	4.4%	5.6%
6 / 2004	5.6%	5.0%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.2%	5.0%	5.5%
8 / 2004	5.8%	4.8%	5.4%
9 / 2004	7.6%	4.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.5%	4.6%	5.5%
11 / 2004	5.7%	4.4%	5.4%
12 / 2004	4.9%	4.2%	5.4%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2003	5.3%	5.5%	5.8%
2 / 2003	4.9%	5.2%	5.9%
3 / 2003	4.6%	5.0%	5.9%
4 / 2003	4.5%	4.9%	6.0%
5 / 2003	5.5%	5.1%	6.1%
6 / 2003	6.7%	5.8%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.1%	5.7%	6.2%
8 / 2003	6.9%	5.6%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.5%	5.4%	6.1%
10 / 2003	5.5%	4.9%	6.0%
11 / 2003	5.1%	4.9%	5.8%
12 / 2003	4.3%	4.5%	5.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2002	5.9%	6.1%	5.7%
2 / 2002	5.4%	5.7%	5.7%
3 / 2002	5.1%	5.6%	5.7%
4 / 2002	5.0%	5.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	5.3%	5.4%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.6%	5.9%	5.8%
7 / 2002	7.8%	6.0%	5.8%
8 / 2002	7.8%	5.9%	5.7%
9 / 2002	7.1%	5.6%	5.7%
10 / 2002	6.4%	5.3%	5.7%
11 / 2002	5.8%	5.4%	5.9%
12 / 2002	5.3%	5.2%	6.0%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2001	4.3%	3.9%	4.2%
2 / 2001	3.8%	3.7%	4.2%
3 / 2001	3.7%	3.9%	4.3%
4 / 2001	3.8%	3.9%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.2%	3.9%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.6%	4.5%	4.5%
7 / 2001	6.4%	4.6%	4.6%
8 / 2001	7.1%	5.0%	4.9%
9 / 2001	6.7%	4.8%	5.0%
10 / 2001	7.0%	5.8%	5.3%
11 / 2001	6.1%	5.9%	5.5%
12 / 2001	5.6%	5.8%	5.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 2000	4.4%	3.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	3.8%	3.5%	4.1%
3 / 2000	3.7%	3.5%	4.0%
4 / 2000	3.3%	3.3%	3.8%
5 / 2000	3.9%	3.6%	4.0%
6 / 2000	5.2%	4.0%	4.0%
7 / 2000	6.4%	4.1%	4.0%
8 / 2000	6.8%	4.2%	4.1%
9 / 2000	6.2%	3.9%	3.9%
10 / 2000	5.1%	3.6%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.4%	3.5%	3.9%
12 / 2000	3.9%	3.3%	3.9%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1999	6.0%	4.1%	4.3%
2 / 1999	5.4%	4.0%	4.4%
3 / 1999	4.9%	3.7%	4.2%
4 / 1999	4.7%	3.7%	4.3%
5 / 1999	6.3%	3.7%	4.2%
6 / 1999	9.0%	4.1%	4.3%
7 / 1999	10.7%	4.3%	4.3%
8 / 1999	10.7%	4.2%	4.2%
9 / 1999	10.2%	4.1%	4.2%
10 / 1999	8.2%	3.8%	4.1%
11 / 1999	6.7%	3.7%	4.1%
12 / 1999	5.0%	3.3%	4.0%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1998	7.2%	4.7%	4.6%
2 / 1998	6.3%	4.3%	4.6%
3 / 1998	5.9%	4.4%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.2%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	6.4%	4.1%	4.4%
6 / 1998	9.8%	4.6%	4.5%
7 / 1998	12.4%	4.7%	4.5%
8 / 1998	12.4%	4.7%	4.5%
9 / 1998	11.9%	4.6%	4.6%
10 / 1998	9.0%	4.3%	4.5%
11 / 1998	7.3%	4.0%	4.4%
12 / 1998	5.6%	3.6%	4.4%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1997	8.4%	5.2%	5.3%
2 / 1997	7.1%	4.8%	5.2%
3 / 1997	6.8%	4.8%	5.2%
4 / 1997	6.3%	4.5%	5.1%
5 / 1997	7.0%	4.6%	4.9%
6 / 1997	9.2%	5.1%	5.0%
7 / 1997	11.4%	5.1%	4.9%
8 / 1997	12.2%	5.1%	4.8%
9 / 1997	11.9%	5.0%	4.9%
10 / 1997	8.5%	4.5%	4.7%
11 / 1997	7.4%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.4%	4.2%	4.7%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1996	7.8%	5.5%	5.6%
2 / 1996	6.7%	5.1%	5.5%
3 / 1996	6.6%	5.0%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.3%	4.8%	5.6%
5 / 1996	8.7%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1996	11.7%	5.3%	5.3%
7 / 1996	14.2%	5.7%	5.5%
8 / 1996	13.8%	5.3%	5.1%
9 / 1996	13.5%	5.3%	5.2%
10 / 1996	11.2%	5.0%	5.2%
11 / 1996	9.4%	4.9%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.9%	4.6%	5.4%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1995	7.8%	5.9%	5.6%
2 / 1995	6.1%	5.1%	5.4%
3 / 1995	5.9%	5.0%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.4%	5.2%	5.8%
5 / 1995	8.2%	5.3%	5.6%
6 / 1995	13.5%	5.8%	5.6%
7 / 1995	14.4%	6.1%	5.7%
8 / 1995	14.0%	6.0%	5.7%
9 / 1995	13.3%	6.0%	5.6%
10 / 1995	10.6%	5.6%	5.5%
11 / 1995	8.6%	5.4%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.7%	5.1%	5.6%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1994	10.0%	7.2%	6.6%
2 / 1994	8.9%	6.8%	6.6%
3 / 1994	8.4%	6.7%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.7%	6.5%	6.4%
5 / 1994	9.6%	6.3%	6.1%
6 / 1994	12.4%	6.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	15.2%	6.9%	6.1%
8 / 1994	15.2%	6.7%	6.0%
9 / 1994	14.5%	6.5%	5.9%
10 / 1994	12.1%	6.1%	5.8%
11 / 1994	9.5%	5.8%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.4%	5.2%	5.5%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1993	10.5%	7.8%	7.3%
2 / 1993	9.3%	7.4%	7.1%
3 / 1993	8.4%	7.0%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.1%	6.9%	7.1%
5 / 1993	8.7%	6.9%	7.1%
6 / 1993	10.3%	7.4%	7.0%
7 / 1993	12.8%	7.5%	6.9%
8 / 1993	12.9%	7.3%	6.8%
9 / 1993	12.9%	7.2%	6.7%
10 / 1993	12.3%	7.0%	6.8%
11 / 1993	11.2%	6.7%	6.6%
12 / 1993	9.1%	6.4%	6.5%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1992	10.9%	8.7%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.1%	8.6%	7.4%
3 / 1992	9.5%	8.2%	7.4%
4 / 1992	10.1%	7.9%	7.4%
5 / 1992	12.6%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	15.4%	8.8%	7.8%
7 / 1992	16.9%	8.7%	7.7%
8 / 1992	16.8%	8.6%	7.6%
9 / 1992	15.9%	8.6%	7.6%
10 / 1992	12.7%	7.7%	7.3%
11 / 1992	11.6%	7.6%	7.4%
12 / 1992	9.9%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1991	8.8%	7.0%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.1%	7.1%	6.6%
3 / 1991	7.8%	7.0%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.7%	6.9%	6.7%
5 / 1991	9.6%	7.4%	6.9%
6 / 1991	12.1%	7.9%	6.9%
7 / 1991	14.2%	7.9%	6.8%
8 / 1991	15.0%	7.9%	6.9%
9 / 1991	14.6%	7.9%	6.9%
10 / 1991	12.3%	7.8%	7.0%
11 / 1991	10.9%	7.8%	7.0%
12 / 1991	9.9%	7.9%	7.3%

Month/Year	Port St. Lucie, FL%	Florida%	National %
1 / 1990	7.2%	5.9%	5.4%
2 / 1990	6.9%	5.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	8.0%	5.5%	5.2%
4 / 1990	8.9%	5.7%	5.4%
5 / 1990	9.6%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	11.9%	6.1%	5.2%
7 / 1990	13.4%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 1990	14.1%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 1990	12.8%	6.7%	5.9%
10 / 1990	10.7%	6.3%	5.9%
11 / 1990	9.8%	6.6%	6.2%
12 / 1990	8.3%	6.4%	6.3%