Unemployment continues to drop in Tampa-St. Pete
January 3, 2020 - The unemployment rate in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area in November was 2.7 percent, down from 2.9 percent in October and from 3.2 percent in November 2018. The number of unemployed people in the metro area dropped from 45,318 in October to 42,767 in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The metro area's civilian workforce in November stood at 1,562,597. Florida's unemployment rate in November also was 2.7 percent. Logan, Utah, and Ames, Iowa had the lowest unemployment rates, at 1.5 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively, while El Centro, California, and Yuma, Arizona, had the highest unemployment rates, 20.6 percent and 15.4 percent, respectively.