Florida's unemployment rate dropped to 4.5 percent in April, the lowest since September 2007, while the Orlando area continues to lead the state in job creation, according to numbers released Friday.
Like the state as a whole, the Lincoln area had more jobs in April than in March or in April 2016.
Escambia County's seasonably adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 4.3 percent in March to 3.9 percent in April.
The rate, which fell from 4.2 percent in March, is the lowest since December 2006, according to EDD data.
Employment Security paid unemployment insurance benefits to 60,386 people in April. "So there is still some room for us to reduce the unemployment rate while growing the labor force".
News reports over the last few weeks suggest that the Central government may finally be starting to think seriously about jobs. The labor force participation rate also increased to 68.8 percent, up 0.2 percentage points.
"I was pleased to see that Arkansas' unemployment rate has fallen to an all-time low for the fourth time in as many months". In the last 12 months, the labor force has grown by 37,733 people, and employment gains totaled 55,856.
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Are we going to be back here?" "This is a good thing that is long overdue". The House's next floor session is scheduled for Tuesday at 4 p.m.
Moderate gains were reported in leisure and hospitality (+2,500), trade-transportation-utilities (+2,400) and other services (+1,300).
Education and health services faced the biggest reduction in April, losing 1,200 jobs. Construction and mining and logging were both unchanged. The private sector has grown by 2.3 percent or 61,700 jobs, and the public sector has increased by 2.6 percent, adding 14,800 jobs.
The Labor Department says unemployment rates declined in 10 states in April, increased in one — MA — and held relatively stable in the other 39. That's a slowing from the growth rate that was near or above three percent throughout most of the past four years.
Economic & Labor Market Information Chief Matthew Barewicz, who works for the state Department of Labor, noted in an email to VPR that the new data are preliminary.
"There is a lot of variation on the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys". Hawaii, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Dakota each had jobless rates below 3 percent.
Putnam County's 4.9 percent rate is the highest in the area and eighth highest in the state.
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