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Job Growth Holds Steady
Florida’s unemployment rate dipped in July, hitting an 11-year low of 3.7 percent, according to
numbers posted Friday by the state Department of Economic Opportunity. The latest estimate
represents 383,000 Floridians considered out of work --- 4,000 fewer than in June --- from a
workforce of 10.2 million. The mark, the lowest for Florida since April 2007, kept the state below
the national figure of 3.9 percent for July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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DITCHMEN • AUGUST 2018