Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in August 2018, unchanged from the July 2018 rate and down 0.3 percentage point from a year ago.
There were 375,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 10,244,000. Florida’s seasonally adjusted total nonagricultural employment was 8,822,000 in August 2018 and increase of 20,500 jobs over the month.
The state gained 220,200 jobs over the year, an increase of 2.6 percent.
The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Chipola region was 4.0 percentage point. This was down 0.7 percentage point from this time a year ago.
There were 1,626 unemployed residents out of a labor force of 41.278.
Aug18 Jul18 Aug-17
Region 4.0 4.4 4.7
Calhoun 4.4 4.6 5.3
Holmes 4.2 4.6 5.0
Jackson 4.1 4.5 4.6
Liberty 3.7 3.9 4.7
Washington 3.7 4.0 4.3
Kenny Griffin
Center Manager/Business Services
CareerSource Chipola
4636 Highway 90 Suite E
Marianna, Fl. 32446
Office:850.633.2737
Cell: 850.557.2971
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