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The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity will release new workforce data on October 20. Anca Voicu, professor at Rollins College, says the current job market favors workers.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 9.3% in December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office. That rate fell from 8.5% in January 2021, the month Joe Biden was sworn in, to 4.9% in August 2023.
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Our soaring economy may be leaving some Floridians behind.
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The estimated 295,000 Floridians out of work in mid-July is an increase of around 5,000 from the previous month.
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As construction jobs showed an uptick for the first time in 2023, Florida's near-historic low unemployment rate remained unchanged in June.
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Florida's unemployment rate has remained at 2.6 percent since January, according to the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
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The unemployment rate dropped to 2.5% in December, down from 2.6% in November.
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The November rate of 2.6% was down from 2.7% in October. An estimated 280,000 Floridians qualified as unemployed in November.
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Counties in southwest Florida saw an uptick in unemployment after Hurricane Ian. Here's how one charter boat captain in DeSoto County is faring.
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October's jobless rate was 2.7%, up from a historic low of 2.5% in September.
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In the four weeks before Ian made landfall Sept. 28, Florida averaged 5,498 unemployment claims a week. In the four weeks after Ian, the state averaged 10,779 claims a week.
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Between September 2021 and September 2022, Florida’s labor force grew by 316,000, or 3%.