Miami-Dade County, FL monthly unemployment update

Stacker compiled statistics about the unemployment rate in Miami-Dade County using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. County and metro unemployment rates are as of April 2023.

Miami-Dade County had a 1.8% unemployment rate in April 2023, holding steady from a month ago. Florida reported a 2.6% unemployment rate in May, which is the 13th lowest in the country. The national unemployment rate last month rose to 3.7% but is still 0.1 percentage points higher than last year.

The unemployment rate in the Miami, FL metropolitan area was 2.1%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than Miami-Dade County. Miami has the 109th lowest unemployment out of 887 metro and micro areas surveyed in the country.

Counties with the highest unemployment rate in Florida
#1. Citrus County: 3.4%
#1. Hendry County: 3.4%
#3. Highlands County: 3.3%
#4. Gadsden County: 3.1%
#4. Hamilton County: 3.1%

Counties with the lowest unemployment rate in Florida
#1. Monroe County: 1.4%
#2. Miami-Dade County: 1.8%
#3. Gulf County: 2.0%
#3. Okaloosa County: 2.0%
#3. St. Johns County: 2.0%