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Jobless Rate Falls In Area
May 19, 2012
The latest job numbers released Friday showed a drop in unemployment in the three-county North Escambia area — as Florida’s employment rebound continued.
Escambia County’s unemployment dropped from 8.8 percent in March to 8.0 percent in April. There were 414 fewer reported unemployed during the period, for a total Escambia County unemployment of 10,904 people. One year ago, unemployment in Escambia County was 9.6 percent.
Santa Rosa County unemployment slipped from 8.5 percent in March to 7.5 percent in April. Santa Rosa County had a total of 5,335 persons still unemployed. The year-ago unemployment rate in Santa Rosa County was 8.2 percent.
In Escambia County, Alabama, unemployment dropped from 8.5 percent in March to 7.5 percent in April. That represented 1,138 people unemployed in the county during the month.
The jobless numbers released by Florida and Alabama do not include persons that have given up on finding a job and are no longer reported as unemployed.
Florida’s jobless rate in April fell to 8.7 percent as the state continued an employment rebound that began 11 months ago, the Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday. But April’s drop was also affected by the fact that nearly 28,000 job seekers dropped out of the hunt. The number of jobless in April was 0.3 percentage points lower than March and 1.9 points below April 2011. The national unemployment rate for April was 8.1 percent.
Alabama’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate, at 7.2 percent in April, was down from March’s rate of 7.4 percent and was below the year-ago rate of 9.2 percent.
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4 Responses to “Jobless Rate Falls In Area”
REGARDING:
“Less people can draw unemployment and therefore, Florida doesn’t count them as unemployed.”
Unemployment is not calculated on unemployment benefits.
For more details, consider comments in:
http://www.northescambia.com/2012/04/local-numbers-improve-florida-unemployment-lowest-in-20-years
http://www.northescambia.com/2012/03/unemployment-rate-drops-but-so-did-the-number-of-jobs
http://www.northescambia.com/2012/01/a-little-good-news-on-the-unemployment-front
http://www.northescambia.com/2011/09/labor-day-24000-in-north-escambia-area-out-of-work
David looking at persistent misconception
Less people can draw unemployment and therefore, florida doesn’t count them as unemployed. Not long ago they cut the benefits time, this is all smoke and mirrors
REGARDING:
“the unemployment rate is dropping and it is not that more jobs are being created, it is that less people are working in the work force.”
Fewer seeking work possibly.
Fewer working, no.
Unemployment is based on number seeking employment but not finding it.
Unemployment rate is based on unemployment divided by people wanting employment whether they are employed or not.
For example if a hundred people want employment and 8 of those are not employed, the unemployment rate is 8 percent.
If the eight decided they no longer wanted employment, the unemployment
rate would drop to zero.
If a hundred more decided they DID want employment but were not yet employed, the unemployment rate would be 108/200 or 54% without any change in people actually working.
David same as always, seeking truth
There is a reason that the unemployment rate is dropping and it is not that more jobs are being created, it is that less people are working in the work force. If you were to take a look at the jobless rate, you will find that it is much higher than the unemployment rate. Unemployment is figured by someone losing their job and they are without it for 6 months are longer. When this time period is up, the state no longer counts this person as unemployed and they are off the system so to speak until they can find another job. It is a way of making the states unemployment rate look low, but in actuality it is really a lot higher than you may think. I think these changes to the system were made in the late 1960’s.