Florida Unemployment Hits Lowest Numbers 10 Years!

Florida's unemployment rates are out, and have hit the lowest they've been in a decade!

New figures released Friday show the state's unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 percent in June, a slight decline from May's rate of 4.3 percent. 

Florida's unemployment rate is now below the national rate and hasn't been this low since June 2007. 

The state added 19,400 jobs last month, and there are an estimated 419,000 people who remain unemployed.

Florida is also among the national leaders in overall job growth. The state's jobs have grown by 2.9 percent in the past year, which trails only Nevada and Utah.

The most significant gains came in construction, manufacturing and wholesale trade.  But Florida lost more than 5,000 jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector.

Monroe County has the state's lowest unemployment rate at 2.8 percent, while Hendry County has the highest at 9.4 percent.


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