Feds: Half of U.S. Metro Areas with Big Unemployment Drops Are in Florida

Submitted by Kevin Derby on November 28, 2012 - 7:24pm

More vindication of Republican Gov. Rick Scott's policies? The News Service of Florida has the scoop:

"Nearly half of the metro areas in the United States that saw their unemployment rate drop by more than 2 percentage points over the last year are in Florida, according to a U.S. Department of Labor report out Wednesday.

"Unemployment rates were lower in October than a year earlier in 329 of the 372 metropolitan areas in the nation, higher in 37 areas, and unchanged in six areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Of the 29 metro areas with more than 2 percentage-point drops, 13 were in Florida, led by the Ocala area which saw a drop of 2.8 percentage points to 9.1 percent. That gave Ocala the third best year in the country in terms of putting people back to work, following Pascagoula, Miss., and Elkhart, Ind."

{Source: "Unemployment Drops in Many Florida Metro Areas"}

Meanwhile, Scott today announced that two corporations -- Embraer and ADT -- are adding a total of 320 new jobs to Florida's economy:

"Governor Scott Breaks Ground On Embraers New Engineering And Technology Center"

"Governor Scott Announces ADT Will Bring 120 Jobs to Boca Raton Headquarters"

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