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Unemployment Steady In Escambia County, Down In Santa Rosa
October 22, 2011
The latest job numbers released Friday showed little change for the three counties in the North Escambia area.
Escambia County’s unemployment held steady from August to September at 10.4 percent. There were 96 jobs lost during the period, for a total Escambia County unemployment of 14,756 people. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 10.8 percent.
Santa Rosa County unemployment decreased— from 10 percent in August to 9.3 percent in September. Santa Rosa County gained 572 jobs during the period, with a total of 6,690 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 9.6 percent.
Escambia County, Alabama, had a small drop in unemployment — from 11.4 percent in August to 11.3 percent in September. Escambia, Alabama gained 21 jobs during the month-long period, with 1,684 people out of work. The year-go unemployment rate was 10.4 percent.
Florida
Florida’s jobless rate in September fell to 10.6 percent, a 0.1 percentage point drop from August that was greeted as great news by Gov. Rick Scott, who touted the state’s economy in a conference call from Brazil.
Speaking to reporters while leading a trade mission to the South American country, Scott said too many workers remain unemployed, but Florida’s is slowly getting back on its feet following the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.
Florida’s jobless rate was 1.1 percent lower than the 11.7 percent figure posted a year ago and even further below a 12 percent rate posted in December. The national unemployment rate in September was 9.1 percent.
Scott said the best news of the day was the fact that private sector employment grew by 23,300 jobs in September, bringing to 110,300 the number of private sector jobs created since January. Cuts in government employment bring the net gain for the year to 92,400.
“We’re bucking the national trend,” Scott said. “We’re creating jobs and our unemployment rate is coming down.”
Job growth over the year has been fueled by increases in tourism and health related services. A year after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill shut down the Panhandle summer tourist season and hurt destinations across the state, the sector gained 58,500 jobs, a 6.4-percent increase.
“No one can take full credit for this, but Florida is on the right track,” Scott said.
Alabama
Alabama’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 9.8 percent in September, was down from August’s rate of 9.9 percent and was above the year-ago rate of 9.1.percent.
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One Response to “Unemployment Steady In Escambia County, Down In Santa Rosa”
Unless our county commissioners get busy and make some changes in the permitting process, the invitation to businesses, and making this a business friendly county, we will never have jobs in Escaambia County! Make your county commissioners earn their money…that is why we elect them, not so they can offer their friends jobs!