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Unemployment Rate Drops, So Did The Number Of Jobs
March 14, 2012
Unemployment dropped or held steady across the area from December to January, according to numbers released Tuesday, but number of employed people actually went down nearly 4,000 in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.
That’s the result of a smaller labor force, due to people no longer looking, or possibly because they’ve moved elsewhere.
Escambia County’s unemployment rate was down slightly from 9.7 percent in December to 9.4 percent in January. There were 561 fewer unemployed during the period, but the workforce decreased by about 2,700 jobs. One year ago, the unemployment rate in Escambia County was 10.9 percent.
Santa Rosa County’s unemployment rate held steady at 8.9 percent from December to January. There were 105 fewer unemployed during the period, but the workforce decreased by about 1,200 jobs. One year ago, the unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 9.4 percent.
Unemployment in Florida dropped to 9.6 percent in January, down from 9.9 percent in December and more than a full percentage point lower than it was a year ago, the Department of Economic Opportunity announced Tuesday. That rate is the lowest since March 2009, DEO said.
While the drop marks a noted improvement in Florida, the state’s unemployment rate remains among the highest, and is still more than a full percentage point above the national unemployment rate of 8.3 percent.
And on another down note, while the jobless rate dropped from December to January, the number of employed people in the state actually went down by more than 38,000, from 7.33 million to 7.29 million, a 0.5 percent drop, after a year of mostly seeing job growth. Like the local area, the drop in employed persons is due to the fact that people are no longer looking for work or have moved.
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10 Responses to “Unemployment Rate Drops, So Did The Number Of Jobs”
REGARDING:
“So just exactly whose households are they claiming to have checked for unemployment?”
Consider reading
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm#where
to see what the Bureau of Labor Statistics has to say about how they’ve taken the survey since 1940.
It includes the statement “There are about 60,000 households in the sample for this survey. This translates into approximately 110,000 individuals” or about one out of every 2,727 people in the USA and they switch out about a quarter of the households every month, asking new households.
It’s always possible they’re making the whole thing up and have been for some 70 years, but it just seems unlikely. Somebody would’ve mentioned it by now.
David trusting our government
So just exactly whose households are they claiming to have checked for unemployment? I don’t know anyone nor have I heard of anyone who has been polled. I even asked some people in other parts of the country and no one ever even heard of this. Just asking.
REGARDING:
“The government only checks the unemployment claims,”
AND
“and then claim, ” look less people are unemployed! ” Which isn’t true, its just that less people can claim benefits now once they run out that’s it. “
Nope.
Unemployment rates are not based on unemployment claims but on polling households. The polls may be right or wrong but they are the basis of the numbers and have been since The Great Depression.
If people retire, employment could go down without raising the unemployment rate.
If people just give up searching for work, that will drop the unemployment rate.
If people decide to look for work without finding it, that will raise the unemployment rate.
If unemployed people move to South Dakota or North Dakota or some other place where jobs are available, unemployment drops where they left.
If unemployed people decide to move to Florida so they can be unemployed in a nicer place, unemployment will go up.
David for a good job
for every willing, honest worker
“Let’s get back to work”… maybe in another state…
With the repeal of the Obamacare mandate through the federal courts, if successful, it would mean the reversal of the precedent for the federal goverment to require payment into federal programs. Therefore, you can expect not only Obamacare to go away, but also Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid which the GOP has been trying to dismantle for more than a decade. I bet Mitt has a private retirement plan and even if he doesn’t he can fall back on his governement pension like all elected officials (don’t expect them to go away when we all loose ours that we paid for all our lives… Heck they did their one term, and deserve to get a pension for the rest of their lives, right? *eye roll*)
Its election time and the politicians have started their heavy duty lieing. From obama on its the same thing, blow smoke and hope to be re-elected.
Everyone knows the numbers of unemployed are much higher than the government claims they are. The government only checks the unemployment claims, not the real unemployed people! Do they really think we beleive their numbers?
Many people that I know have given up job hunting and taken an early retirement. Why? Because after a year or so of job hunting they are not going to use any more of their retirement savings (if they have any left) and they feel that getting some of their SSi money back is better than getting nothing, which is what they fear will happen. The government keeps talking about getting rid of SSI. Well I would like to know who is going to take care of all the people who paid into it for 30 years and then they refuse to pay them? Many don’t make enough to save anything. SSI is the only hope for some people.
A whole percentage point. Those missing numbers have indeed moved on, into woods, under bridges and who knows where else.
Imagine that. But our nos are right because the gov does door to door survey.
Check back to a few months ago when i made the post that the state was going to cut back unemployment benefits. So they do that, and then claim, ” look less people are unemployed! ” Which isnt true, its just that less people can claim benefits now once they run out thats it.
This is just smoke and mirrors