1. REGIONAL PROFILE
Unemployment chart
// CURRENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
(AS OF 12/2014)
// HISTORIC UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
16
14
MIAMI-DADE
BROWARD
4.8%
PALM BEACH
5.2%
FLORIDA
5.6%
12
Unemployment rate (%)
6.2%
10
8
6
4
2
0
Broward
Miami-Dade
*
Palm Beach
Florida
// EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS
NATIONAL AVG.
5.5%
Information (0.2%)
Manufacturing (0.2%)
2014
Other Services (1.1%)
2022
Construction (3.5%)
Going forward,
construction employment is
expected to rebound the fastest
in South Florida, growing 3.5
percent annually, followed by the
education and health services
and professional and business
services sectors.
Financial Activities (0.9%)
Leisure and Hospitality (1.1%)
Education and Health Services (2.2%)
Professional and Business Services (1.7%)
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (1.0%)
(*) percent equals annual growth rate
// 9
Total employment
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