Florida unemployment rate jumps to 14.5%
(WJXT)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida posted a 14.5% unemployment rate in May as businesses and workers continued to be hammered by the coronavirus pandemic.
The 14.5% mark was up from an adjusted rate of 13.8% in April, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
The state initially estimated the April rate at 12.9% but released the adjusted number Friday.
The May rate reflected 1.412 million jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 9.709 million people.
Here are the unemployment rates for Northeast Florida counties:
| County | May rate | April rate |
|---|
| Alachua | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Baker | 7.7% | 7.2% |
| Bradford | 8% | 8% |
| Clay | 9.7% | 9.8% |
| Columbia | 9% | 9.3% |
| Duval | 11.7% | 11.5% |
| Flagler | 14.8% | 15.2% |
| Nassau | 11% | 12.1% |
| Putnam | 11.6% | 10.7% |
| St. Johns | 10.5% | 11.6% |
| Union | 7% | 6.8% |
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