Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.3 Percent in Florida

Gov. Rick Scott announced the state unemployment dipped down to 5.3 percent for August as more than 20,000 private sector jobs were added across the state. 

In July, the rate stood at 5.4 percent in July. 
 
“We are excited to announce that Florida businesses added more than 20,000 new private-sector jobs last month and our unemployment rate has been cut in half over the last four and a half years" Scott said on Friday. “We want Florida to be the first in the nation for jobs and with more than 940,000 private-sector jobs added since December 2010, we are well on our way to reaching that goal.”