Florida Unemployment Rate Remains The Same
3.3% Rate Is Below The National 4.5% Rate
(CBS4) TALLAHASSEE The Agency for Workforce Innovation said Friday that Florida's unemployment rate in February remained at 3-point-3 percent for the fourth straight month.The state's figures were below the national unemployment rate of 4.5 percent and the lowest of the nation's 20 most populous states.
Although the state has recorded 54 straight months of job growth, there were 301-thousand Floridians unemployed last month out of a civilian labor force of just over 9-million.
Walton County in the western Panhandle had the lowest unemployment, with Monroe and Liberty counties close behind.Madison County east of Tallahassee had the highest unemployment rate, much of it blamed on the effects of a manufacturing layoff.
(CBS4) TALLAHASSEE The Agency for Workforce Innovation said Friday that Florida's unemployment rate in February remained at 3-point-3 percent for the fourth straight month.The state's figures were below the national unemployment rate of 4.5 percent and the lowest of the nation's 20 most populous states.
Although the state has recorded 54 straight months of job growth, there were 301-thousand Floridians unemployed last month out of a civilian labor force of just over 9-million.
Walton County in the western Panhandle had the lowest unemployment, with Monroe and Liberty counties close behind.Madison County east of Tallahassee had the highest unemployment rate, much of it blamed on the effects of a manufacturing layoff.
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