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By the Numbers: County Unemployment Rates

   March 25, 2024

The Florida Department of Commerce on Friday released a report that said the state had a 3.1 percent unemployment rate in February. Here are county rates:

  1. — Miami-Dade County: 1.6 percent
  2. — Monroe County: 2.1 percent
  3. — Gulf County: 2.9 percent
  4. — Wakulla County: 2.9 percent
  5. — Collier County: 3.0 percent
  6. — Okaloosa County: 3.0 percent
  7. — Seminole County: 3.0 percent
  8. — St. Johns County: 3.0 percent
  9. — Broward County: 3.1 percent
  10. — Nassau County: 3.1 percent
  11. — Orange County: 3.1 percent
  12. — Pinellas County: 3.1 percent
  13. — Union County: 3.1 percent
  14. — Baker County: 3.2 percent
  15. — Bay County: 3.2 percent
  16. — Hillsborough County: 3.2 percent
  17. — Martin County: 3.2 percent
  18. — Santa Rosa County: 3.2 percent
  19. — Walton County: 3.2 percent
  20. — Alachua County: 3.3 percent
  21. — Brevard County: 3.3 percent
  22. — Clay County: 3.3 percent
  23. — Lee County: 3.3 percent
  24. — Leon County: 3.3 percent
  25. — Palm Beach County: 3.3 percent
  26. — Duval County: 3.4 percent
  27. — Franklin County: 3.4 percent
  28. — Manatee County: 3.4 percent
  29. — Okeechobee County: 3.4 percent
  30. — Sarasota County: 3.4 percent
  31. — Escambia County: 3.5 percent
  32. — Lake County: 3.5 percent
  33. — Bradford County: 3.6 percent
  34. — Calhoun County: 3.6 percent
  35. — Jefferson County: 3.6 percent
  36. — Osceola County: 3.6 percent
  37. — Volusia County: 3.6 percent
  38. — Washington County: 3.6 percent
  39. — Columbia County: 3.7 percent
  40. — Lafayette County: 3.7 percent
  41. — Gilchrist County: 3.8 percent
  42. — Holmes County: 3.8 percent
  43. — Indian River County: 3.8 percent
  44. — Levy County: 3.8 percent
  45. — Liberty County: 3.8 percent
  46. — Pasco County: 3.8 percent
  47. — Suwannee County: 3.8 percent
  48. — Charlotte County: 3.9 percent
  49. — Gadsden County: 3.9 percent
  50. — Madison County: 3.9 percent
  51. — Polk County: 3.9 percent
  52. — St. Lucie County: 3.9 percent
  53. — DeSoto County: 4.0 percent
  54. — Dixie County: 4.0 percent
  55. — Jackson County: 4.0 percent
  56. — Flagler County: 4.1 percent
  57. — Glades County: 4.1 percent
  58. — Marion County: 4.1 percent
  59. — Hardee County: 4.3 percent
  60. — Putnam County: 4.3 percent
  61. — Hernando County: 4.4 percent
  62. — Hamilton County: 4.5 percent
  63. — Hendry County: 4.5 percent
  64. — Taylor County: 4.5 percent
  65. — Highlands County: 4.8 percent
  66. — Sumter County: 5.1 percent
  67. — Citrus County: 5.2 percent

Source: Florida Department of Commerce

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