Florida Unemployment Rate Inches Up In May

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Published June 21, 2021 at 6:23 AM EDT

Florida unemployment rate is significantly below the national level even is it slightly ticked up in May.

Statistics released by the state on Friday showed May unemployment was 4.9%, or 0.1 percentage point above April’s rate.

The federal unemployment rate was 5.8%. Florida's unemployment is far below the 14.2% rate in May 2020.

Monroe County had the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 3.1%, followed by St. Johns County at 3.2% and Wakulla County at 3.5%.

Miami-Dade County had the highest unemployment rate at 6.7%, followed by Hamilton and Osceola counties at 6.6% each.

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