Florida jobless rate at 4 8 percent in April
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Florida jobless rate at 4 8 percent in April
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May 21, 2021 | 1:39 PM
Tallahassee, FL – Florida’s unemployment rate inched up to 4.8 percent in April as the state reported people slowly returning to the labor force after more than a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The state Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday said the April rate was up from 4.7 percent in March. An estimated 487,000 Floridians were reported as jobless out of a workforce of 10.24 million. The number of people employed increased by 59,000 from March to April, while the workforce grew by 73,000 in the same time. Adrienne Johnston, the department’s chief economist, called the workforce increase “a positive sign.” “You want to see the labor force increasing. That may result in either a steady or a slight increase in the unemployment rate. That’s not necessarily a bad thing,” Johnston told reporters Friday. Still, the return of workers to the leisure and hospitality sectors continues to be at a slower pace
Florida jobless rate dips slightly in December as 18,000 fewer in state considered unemployed
Florida’s jobless rate dipped 0.2 percentage points in December amid what state officials said is growing economic confidence as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
The state Department of Economic Opportunity on Friday announced a 6.1 percent unemployment rate, down from 6.3 percent in November. The new rate reflected 614,000 Floridians qualifying as being out of work in December down 18,000 from a month earlier out of a workforce of more than 10.14 million.
Adrienne Johnston, the department’s chief economist, pointed to continued growth in seasonal hiring.
“When we look at our November and October rates, where you start to see seasonal employment grow, this month (December) outperformed those months,” Johnston said. “So, it just generally reflects a growing confidence in businesses reopening and adding jobs and individuals going back into the labor market and finding employm