State unemployment rate highest in 13 years
September 22, 2008 · Print This Article
Reporting one of the higest unemployment rates in the country:
Florida’s unemployment rate was up slightly in August – to 6.5 percent – with 606,000 people out of work. That’s the highest it’s been since January 1995, when the rate also was 6.5 percent. It is higher than the national average of 6.1 percent, according to the latest figures from Florida’s labor department
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