Florida unemployment at 12.2 percent
by Michael C. Bender | March 26th, 2010That’s the highest ever recorded in the state. From the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation moments ago:
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2010 is 12.2 percent. This represents 1,126,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,251,000. The unemployment rate is up 0.2 percentage point from the January revised rate of 12.0 percent, and up 3.0 percentage points from the February 2009 rate of 9.2 percent.
February’s unemployment rate is the highest in the recorded series and higher than rates recorded in the 1973-1975 recession. Florida’s unemployment rate remained higher than the national average, which was 9.7 percent in February.
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March 26th, 2010 at 10:36 am
If they counted all the ones that have give up and the real estate salepeople and self employed carpenters and such the unemployment rate would probably 25-30%
March 26th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Of course it’s the highest ever, illegal immigration is also the highest level ever. Enforce the law, curb the illegals and you’ll not only see the unemployment rate drop you’ll decrease the strain on state and local budgets.
March 26th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
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