Florida's Jobless Rate Ticked Up In October
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TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/AP) — Florida's unemployment rate moved in the wrong direction last month.
On Friday, state officials announced an uptick to 4.8 percent in October. While it's a slight increase over the September rate, it's still lower than the national jobless rate of 4.9 percent. The unemployment rate has hovered around the same place for much of this year.
Florida added 5,700 jobs in October. That number trailed behind at least ten other states in the nation including Alabama, California, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Gov. Rick Scott announced the jobs numbers during a visit to Ideal Aluminum, a manufacturer of gates, railings and fences located in St. Augustine. Scott has made job growth his main focus as governor.
Monroe County, home to Key West, had the state's lowest unemployment rate at 3.3 percent. Hendry County had the highest at 9.7 percent.
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