Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Rate in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (MSA) (MIAM112URN) from Jan 1990 to May 2025 about Miami, FL, unemployment, rate, and USA.

Abstract

This dataset was curated for the digital humanities portion of the project "500 Years of Black History in South Florida" by Synatra Smith, Luling Huang, and Portia Hopkins.

Methodology

Data was curated at the U.S. Census Tract level for four counties in South Florida: Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach.

There are two tables in this dataset:

• sociodem_enepov: This table contains several sociodemographic variables and energy burden level at the census tract level;
• airqua: This table contains monthly median air quality data at the census tract level for Year 2016.

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The sociodemographic data come from the American Community Survey (2020 5-year estimates). The variables include fraction of black population, median income, unemployment rate, and four education level variables for population 25 years or above: fraction of population below high school, fraction of population who had high school diploma only, fraction of population who had a college degree or equivalent only, and fraction of population who had a graduate degree. Here are the table numbers and relevant columns from the U.S. Census data portal:

• Education: S1501
• Black population: B01001B (column: B01001B_001E)
• Total population: B01001 (for calculating fraction of black population)
• Median income: S1903 (column: S1903_C03_001E)
• Employment: S2301 (column: S2301_C04_001E)

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The energy burden data come from the U.S. Department of Energy's Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) tool. The air quality (PM2.5 concentration) data come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Daily Census Tract-Level PM2.5 Concentrations, 2016.

This project is conducted on behalf of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the National Park Service with additional funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources.

References

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network [Data set]. www.cdc.gov/ephtracking

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• Ma, O. (2018). *Low-Income Energy Affordability Data - LEAD Tool - 2018 Update *[Data set]. U.S. Department of Energy. https://dx.doi.org/10.25984/1784729

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• U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). United States Census Bureau: Data [Data set]. U.S. Department of Commerce. https://data.census.gov/

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Usage

This dataset curates from data existing in the public domain and can be used for other purposes freely with attribution.

This csv file provides unemployment data information for Florida and Districts for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Through the FDOT Source Book Special Edition 2020 report, users can drill down the unemployment data at the statewide and District level.The report's link is: https://sourcebook-2020-se-fdot.hub.arcgis.com/Statewide unemployment spiked dramatically in early 2020, peaking at 13.5% in April and May opposed to 3% in April 2019. It improved to 7.6% by July 2020. Although it has not returned to 2017-2019 levels, the rate continued to improve during the last half of 2020. By December 2020, the unemployment rate improved to 5.8%.Data source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.For any additional information, please contact the Forecasting and Trends Office (FTO) at 850-414-5396.

These data were developed to geographically show the annual 2014 unemployment rates by Florida's census tracts. Florida's Targeted Employment Areas(TEA) is defined by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) EB-5 Investor Visa Program. The definition of a TEA is: 1. rural area or 2. A non-rural area that has experienced high unemployment (150.0 percent of the national average unemployment rate during a comparable 12 month period). For calendar year 2014, the national unemployment rate averaged 6.2 percent--a non rural area qualifies as a high unemployment area is its 2014 annual average rate was at least 9.3 percent.Census tracts with unemployment rates 9.3 percent or greater are highlighted.Program Administered by: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Bureau of Labor Market StatisticsLast Updated: July 27, 2015

In 2023, California had the highest Hispanic population in the United States, with over 15.76 million people claiming Hispanic heritage. Texas, Florida, New York, and Illinois rounded out the top five states for Hispanic residents in that year. History of Hispanic people Hispanic people are those whose heritage stems from a former Spanish colony. The Spanish Empire colonized most of Central and Latin America in the 15th century, which began when Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492. The Spanish Empire expanded its territory throughout Central America and South America, but the colonization of the United States did not include the Northeastern part of the United States. Despite the number of Hispanic people living in the United States having increased, the median income of Hispanic households has fluctuated slightly since 1990. Hispanic population in the United States Hispanic people are the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, making Spanish the second most common language spoken in the country. In 2021, about one-fifth of Hispanic households in the United States made between 50,000 to 74,999 U.S. dollars. The unemployment rate of Hispanic Americans has fluctuated significantly since 1990, but has been on the decline since 2010, with the exception of 2020 and 2021, due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.