Unemployment Rate in Florida
| STATE OF FLORIDA |
| LOCAL AREA UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS BY COUNTY |
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NOVEMBER 2008 |
OCTOBER 2008 |
NOVEMBER 2007 |
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LABOR |
EMPLOYMENT |
UNEMPLOYMENT |
LABOR |
EMPLOYMENT |
UNEMPLOYMENT |
LABOR |
EMPLOYMENT |
UNEMPLOYMENT |
| COUNTY |
FORCE |
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LEVEL |
RATE (%) |
FORCE |
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LEVEL |
RATE (%) |
FORCE |
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LEVEL |
RATE (%) |
| ALACHUA |
131104 |
124660 |
6444 |
4.9 |
132948 |
126807 |
6141 |
4.6 |
129943 |
125949 |
3994 |
3.1 |
| BAKER |
11999 |
11185 |
814 |
6.8 |
12079 |
11324 |
755 |
6.3 |
11876 |
11427 |
449 |
3.8 |
| BAY |
87071 |
80665 |
6406 |
7.4 |
87995 |
82435 |
5560 |
6.3 |
87211 |
83695 |
3516 |
4.0 |
| BRADFORD |
12627 |
11925 |
702 |
5.6 |
12763 |
12088 |
675 |
5.3 |
12462 |
12039 |
423 |
3.4 |
| BREVARD |
266220 |
244780 |
21440 |
8.1 |
269298 |
248495 |
20803 |
7.7 |
264207 |
251807 |
12400 |
4.7 |
| BROWARD |
1001139 |
935047 |
66092 |
6.6 |
1010669 |
946861 |
63808 |
6.3 |
1004367 |
965464 |
38903 |
3.9 |
| CALHOUN |
5587 |
5246 |
341 |
6.1 |
5639 |
5319 |
320 |
5.7 |
5438 |
5236 |
202 |
3.7 |
| CHARLOTTE |
68538 |
61827 |
6711 |
9.8 |
68799 |
62118 |
6681 |
9.7 |
68147 |
63991 |
4156 |
6.1 |
| CITRUS |
61873 |
56311 |
5562 |
9.0 |
61750 |
56490 |
5260 |
8.5 |
57846 |
54802 |
3044 |
5.3 |
| CLAY |
94738 |
88609 |
6129 |
6.5 |
95452 |
89711 |
5741 |
6.0 |
94124 |
90529 |
3595 |
3.8 |
| COLLIER |
151269 |
139097 |
12172 |
8.0 |
150675 |
138350 |
12325 |
8.2 |
151451 |
143886 |
7565 |
5.0 |
| COLUMBIA |
33043 |
30995 |
2048 |
6.2 |
33308 |
31346 |
1962 |
5.9 |
31564 |
30358 |
1206 |
3.8 |
| DESOTO |
14886 |
13625 |
1261 |
8.5 |
14649 |
13343 |
1306 |
8.9 |
13880 |
13033 |
847 |
6.1 |
| DIXIE |
5811 |
5343 |
468 |
8.1 |
5887 |
5432 |
455 |
7.7 |
5598 |
5347 |
251 |
4.5 |
| DUVAL |
448046 |
415634 |
32412 |
7.2 |
452231 |
420802 |
31429 |
6.9 |
443631 |
424640 |
18991 |
4.3 |
| ESCAMBIA |
142997 |
133095 |
9902 |
6.9 |
143888 |
134716 |
9172 |
6.4 |
140819 |
134977 |
5842 |
4.1 |
| FLAGLER |
31742 |
28211 |
3531 |
11.1 |
31850 |
28470 |
3380 |
10.6 |
30812 |
28664 |
2148 |
7.0 |
| FRANKLIN |
4744 |
4494 |
250 |
5.3 |
4831 |
4604 |
227 |
4.7 |
4785 |
4612 |
173 |
3.6 |
| GADSDEN |
21968 |
20376 |
1592 |
7.2 |
22217 |
20684 |
1533 |
6.9 |
21792 |
20798 |
994 |
4.6 |
| GILCHRIST |
8185 |
7640 |
545 |
6.7 |
8286 |
7771 |
515 |
6.2 |
8046 |
7718 |
328 |
4.1 |
| GLADES |
4879 |
4508 |
371 |
7.6 |
4906 |
4515 |
391 |
8.0 |
4607 |
4384 |
223 |
4.8 |
| GULF |
6346 |
5929 |
417 |
6.6 |
6444 |
6026 |
418 |
6.5 |
6285 |
6031 |
254 |
4.0 |
| HAMILTON |
4770 |
4291 |
479 |
10.0 |
4795 |
4394 |
401 |
8.4 |
4562 |
4320 |
242 |
5.3 |
| HARDEE |
13187 |
12182 |
1005 |
7.6 |
12900 |
11846 |
1054 |
8.2 |
12400 |
11829 |
571 |
4.6 |
| HENDRY |
18869 |
16630 |
2239 |
11.9 |
18637 |
16235 |
2402 |
12.9 |
18256 |
16813 |
1443 |
7.9 |
| HERNANDO |
64187 |
57637 |
6550 |
10.2 |
64621 |
58337 |
6284 |
9.7 |
63241 |
59312 |
3929 |
6.2 |
| HIGHLANDS |
40399 |
36770 |
3629 |
9.0 |
39904 |
36409 |
3495 |
8.8 |
40598 |
38333 |
2265 |
5.6 |
| HILLSBOROUGH |
616091 |
570560 |
45531 |
7.4 |
621315 |
577483 |
43832 |
7.1 |
613622 |
587144 |
26478 |
4.3 |
| HOLMES |
9135 |
8601 |
534 |
5.8 |
9240 |
8742 |
498 |
5.4 |
8784 |
8464 |
320 |
3.6 |
| INDIAN RIVER |
61462 |
55550 |
5912 |
9.6 |
61607 |
55750 |
5857 |
9.5 |
60682 |
56941 |
3741 |
6.2 |
| JACKSON |
21609 |
20295 |
1314 |
6.1 |
21771 |
20517 |
1254 |
5.8 |
21327 |
20480 |
847 |
4.0 |
| JEFFERSON |
7298 |
6887 |
411 |
5.6 |
7400 |
6992 |
408 |
5.5 |
7260 |
7030 |
230 |
3.2 |
| LAFAYETTE |
3007 |
2841 |
166 |
5.5 |
3039 |
2886 |
153 |
5.0 |
2886 |
2796 |
90 |
3.1 |
| LAKE |
135515 |
124622 |
10893 |
8.0 |
136155 |
125981 |
10174 |
7.5 |
131925 |
126075 |
5850 |
4.4 |
| LEE |
284036 |
256078 |
27958 |
9.8 |
285424 |
258246 |
27178 |
9.5 |
284934 |
268628 |
16306 |
5.7 |
| LEON |
144686 |
137210 |
7476 |
5.2 |
146468 |
139288 |
7180 |
4.9 |
144656 |
140051 |
4605 |
3.2 |
| LEVY |
17744 |
16231 |
1513 |
8.5 |
17852 |
16508 |
1344 |
7.5 |
17019 |
16238 |
781 |
4.6 |
| LIBERTY |
3808 |
3621 |
187 |
4.9 |
3877 |
3689 |
188 |
4.8 |
3711 |
3601 |
110 |
3.0 |
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| MADISON |
6742 |
6150 |
592 |
8.8 |
6816 |
6256 |
560 |
8.2 |
6651 |
6261 |
390 |
5.9 |
| MANATEE |
153568 |
141018 |
12550 |
8.2 |
154603 |
142604 |
11999 |
7.8 |
153246 |
146555 |
6691 |
4.4 |
| MARION |
140597 |
126970 |
13627 |
9.7 |
141222 |
128609 |
12613 |
8.9 |
136841 |
129786 |
7055 |
5.2 |
| MARTIN |
67145 |
61881 |
5264 |
7.8 |
67871 |
62572 |
5299 |
7.8 |
66153 |
62995 |
3158 |
4.8 |
| MIAMI-DADE |
1200504 |
1134299 |
66205 |
5.5 |
1215955 |
1141214 |
74741 |
6.1 |
1201219 |
1157254 |
43965 |
3.7 |
| MONROE |
42766 |
40402 |
2364 |
5.5 |
42566 |
40227 |
2339 |
5.5 |
42738 |
41443 |
1295 |
3.0 |
| NASSAU |
35375 |
33011 |
2364 |
6.7 |
35627 |
33421 |
2206 |
6.2 |
35005 |
33726 |
1279 |
3.7 |
| OKALOOSA |
97891 |
92567 |
5324 |
5.4 |
98883 |
93841 |
5042 |
5.1 |
97998 |
94858 |
3140 |
3.2 |
| OKEECHOBEE |
18392 |
16560 |
1832 |
10.0 |
18559 |
16710 |
1849 |
10.0 |
17394 |
16381 |
1013 |
5.8 |
| ORANGE |
612456 |
568706 |
43750 |
7.1 |
616828 |
574907 |
41921 |
6.8 |
599596 |
575337 |
24259 |
4.0 |
| OSCEOLA |
134195 |
123239 |
10956 |
8.2 |
135047 |
124583 |
10464 |
7.7 |
130800 |
124676 |
6124 |
4.7 |
| PALM BEACH |
648552 |
599012 |
49540 |
7.6 |
655813 |
606874 |
48939 |
7.5 |
645973 |
616408 |
29565 |
4.6 |
| PASCO |
198842 |
181201 |
17641 |
8.9 |
200262 |
183399 |
16863 |
8.4 |
196799 |
186467 |
10332 |
5.3 |
| PINELLAS |
477313 |
441297 |
36016 |
7.5 |
480956 |
446651 |
34305 |
7.1 |
474486 |
454123 |
20363 |
4.3 |
| POLK |
272726 |
249980 |
22746 |
8.3 |
274380 |
252252 |
22128 |
8.1 |
269765 |
256864 |
12901 |
4.8 |
| PUTNAM |
32959 |
30036 |
2923 |
8.9 |
33247 |
30462 |
2785 |
8.4 |
31913 |
30326 |
1587 |
5.0 |
| ST. JOHNS |
91601 |
85908 |
5693 |
6.2 |
92484 |
86977 |
5507 |
6.0 |
90999 |
87770 |
3229 |
3.5 |
| ST. LUCIE |
125576 |
112502 |
13074 |
10.4 |
126684 |
113758 |
12926 |
10.2 |
122304 |
114527 |
7777 |
6.4 |
| SANTA ROSA |
71821 |
67308 |
4513 |
6.3 |
72435 |
68128 |
4307 |
5.9 |
70844 |
68260 |
2584 |
3.6 |
| SARASOTA |
177218 |
163186 |
14032 |
7.9 |
179069 |
165023 |
14046 |
7.8 |
178503 |
169595 |
8908 |
5.0 |
| SEMINOLE |
248736 |
232078 |
16658 |
6.7 |
250382 |
234608 |
15774 |
6.3 |
244224 |
234783 |
9441 |
3.9 |
| SUMTER |
39595 |
37559 |
2036 |
5.1 |
39764 |
37847 |
1917 |
4.8 |
35716 |
34560 |
1156 |
3.2 |
| SUWANNEE |
18861 |
17617 |
1244 |
6.6 |
18821 |
17675 |
1146 |
6.1 |
17264 |
16568 |
696 |
4.0 |
| TAYLOR |
8886 |
8174 |
712 |
8.0 |
8968 |
8302 |
666 |
7.4 |
8515 |
8102 |
413 |
4.9 |
| UNION |
5246 |
4953 |
293 |
5.6 |
5304 |
5026 |
278 |
5.2 |
5153 |
4978 |
175 |
3.4 |
| VOLUSIA |
255677 |
235023 |
20654 |
8.1 |
258004 |
238455 |
19549 |
7.6 |
251497 |
240082 |
11415 |
4.5 |
| WAKULLA |
16005 |
15121 |
884 |
5.5 |
16200 |
15350 |
850 |
5.2 |
15913 |
15434 |
479 |
3.0 |
| WALTON |
33941 |
32241 |
1700 |
5.0 |
34583 |
33017 |
1566 |
4.5 |
32233 |
31297 |
936 |
2.9 |
| WASHINGTON |
9884 |
9117 |
767 |
7.8 |
9968 |
9292 |
676 |
6.8 |
9563 |
9166 |
397 |
4.2 |
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| FLORIDA |
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9304000 |
8626000 |
677000 |
7.3 |
9383000 |
8719000 |
664000 |
7.1 |
9224000 |
8826000 |
398000 |
4.3 |
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9311000 |
8631000 |
680000 |
7.3 |
9366000 |
8707000 |
659000 |
7.0 |
9223000 |
8816000 |
407000 |
4.4 |
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154624000 |
144609000 |
10015000 |
6.5 |
155012000 |
145543000 |
9469000 |
6.1 |
154035000 |
147118000 |
6917000 |
4.5 |
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154616000 |
144285000 |
10331000 |
6.7 |
155038000 |
144958000 |
10080000 |
6.5 |
153828000 |
146647000 |
7181000 |
4.7 |
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