Florida’s unemployment rate continues to fall

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity released jobs numbers for February and the Sunshine State continues to add new jobs.

According to the report, Florida’s labor force grew by 170,000 people within the last year.  The state’s annual growth rate is 1.7 percent, up 0.2 percent from January.

During the month of February, Florida added 24,300 private sector jobs, lowering the state’s unemployment rate to 3.5 percent.

Orlando continues to outpace the rest of the state when it comes to creating new jobs, adding 10,000 new jobs in February.

The unemployment rate for Orlando is now just 3.2 percent.

For the complete statewide jobs report CLICK HERE.