Latest Headlines
- Former Ernest Ward Middle School Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzling Over $50,000
- SEC Soccer Tournament Draws Thousands To Escambia County, National TV Coverage
- Steven Barry Keeps Escambia County Commission District 5 Seat For Fourth Term
- Amendments: Marijuana and Abortion Rights Fail. Here’s What Passed
- Voters Renew Half-cent Sales Tax For Escambia Schools
- Complete Escambia County Election Results
- Steve Stroberger, Who Ousted Jeff Bergosh, Wins District 1 Commission Seat Over Write-In Candidates
- Ashlee Hofberger Wins District 4 Escambia Commission Seat
- Century Voters Approve Two Charter Amendments, Reject Third
- Don Gaetz Elected To Florida Senate District 1
Florida, Escambia County Jobless Rate Soars, And The Numbers Don’t Include April
April 18, 2020
Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in March 2020, up 1.5 percentage points from the February 2020 rate, it’s expected to be even worse when the April data is released next month.
There were 444,000 jobless Floridians out of a labor force of 10,335,000. The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in March.
The March labor statistics reflect some of the early effects of the coronavirus and efforts to contain it. Note that the March survey reference period that includes the week of the 12th predated many coronavirus-related business and school closures that occurred in the second half of the month.
The Escambia County unemployment rate jumped to 4.5% in March, up from 3.2% in February, representing an increase of about 2,000 people out of work.
Santa Rosa County’s unemployment rate increased from 2.8% to 4% during the same period.
Over a half million people have filed unemployment in Florida since the coronavirus shutdowns began, which will lead to higher unemployment data for April. Almost 181,300 Floridians filed for unemployment just last week.
Comments
4 Responses to “Florida, Escambia County Jobless Rate Soars, And The Numbers Don’t Include April”
The heck with unemployment or stimulus, put us back to work. Who do these people think they are toying with OUR lives? I don’t know about you but I say the heck with these petty unconstitutional laws that keep us from working. They can’t arrest us all or give all of us a ticket. We’re going to have fight back. Remember, the powers that be are not suffering and they’re eating high on the hog . They say we’re in this together but I don’t hear about them doing without.
SHEEP NO MORE !!!!!!
Walmart is hiring
My husband has been out of work since March 21st and as ofyet we have seen no money…we can’t survive on my paycheck alone…
So with that said when and how are people going to finally get help with unemployment people are going to start going hungry and there bills are not being paid.