Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October 2009 is 11.2 percent, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

November 22, 2009

The employment rate continues to rise in Highlands County, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. ...more

December 21, 2008

Highlands County's unemployment rate jumped to 7.8 percent in July, according to the Agency For Workforce Innovation. ...more

August 17, 2008

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay metro area lost 13,800 jobs from April 2007 to April of this year, but its unemployment rate improved slightly from March to April, new data released today show. ...more

May 28, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Highlands County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in December, according to the Agency for Workforce Innovation. The percentage of unemployed was 4.9 last month. It was 5.1 percent in November of last year. Highlands' rate in December 2006 was 3 percent. Florida's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in December 2007, representing 441,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,312,000. Florida's unemployment rate was up by 0.4 percentage point over the month and up by 1.4 percentage points over the year. ...more

January 20, 2008