From the Keys to the Panhandle, the jobs picture in Florida varies.
The state Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday released unemployment figures for February. Here’s how the counties stacked up:
Monroe County: 2.4 percent
St. Johns County: 2.9 percent
Okaloosa County: 3.0 percent
Wakulla County: 3.0 percent
Collier County: 3.1 percent
Lafayette County: 3.1 percent
Orange County: 3.1 percent
Seminole County: 3.1 percent
Walton County: 3.1 percent
Alachua County: 3.2 percent
Bradford County: 3.2 percent
Leon County: 3.2 percent
Miami-Dade County: 3.2 percent
Nassau County: 3.2 percent
Santa Rosa County: 3.2 percent
Union County: 3.2 percent
Baker County: 3.3 percent
Broward County: 3.3 percent
Clay County: 3.3 percent
Hillsborough County: 3.3 percent
Lee County: 3.3 percent
Manatee County: 3.3 percent
Pinellas County: 3.3 percent
Martin County: 3.4 percent
Palm Beach County: 3.4 percent
Sarasota County: 3.4 percent
*STATE: 3.4 percent
Brevard County: 3.5 percent
Columbia County: 3.5 percent
Duval County: 3.5 percent
Escambia County: 3.5 percent
Lake County: 3.5 percent
Osceola County: 3.5 percent
Gilchrist County: 3.7 percent
Jefferson County: 3.7 percent
Okeechobee County: 3.7 percent
Suwannee County: 3.7 percent
Taylor County: 3.7 percent
Volusia County: 3.7 percent
DeSoto County: 3.8 percent
Pasco County: 3.8 percent
Charlotte County: 3.9 percent
Glades County: 3.9 percent
Holmes County: 3.9 percent
Indian River County: 3.9 percent
Polk County: 3.9 percent
Washington County: 3.9 percent
Dixie County: 4.0 percent
Flagler County: 4.0 percent
Levy County: 4.0 percent
Liberty County: 4.0 percent
Jackson County: 4.1 percent
Madison County: 4.1 percent
Marion County: 4.2 percent
St. Lucie County: 4.2 percent
Franklin County: 4.4 percent
Gadsden County: 4.4 percent
Calhoun County: 4.6 percent
Hernando County: 4.6 percent
Putnam County: 4.6 percent
Hamilton County: 4.7 percent
Highlands County: 4.8 percent
Bay County: 5.0 percent
Hendry County: 5.0 percent
Hardee County: 5.1 percent
Sumter County: 5.1 percent
Citrus County: 5.3 percent
Gulf County: 6.2 percent
*The county unemployment rates and the 3.4 percent state rate are not seasonally adjusted. The state’s seasonally adjusted rate, which is often used for monthly statewide comparisons, was 3.5 percent in February.
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Republished with permission of the News Service of Florida.
