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Florida Unemployment Rate Drops
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent last month, down 0.3 percentage points from March.
Gov. Rick Scott
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Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent last month, down 0.3 percentage points from March and down 0.4 percentage points from a year ago. The state has gained 215,400 jobs so far this year, an increase of 2.6 percent. The American unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in April.
