Unemployment Rate Drops to 5.6 Percent in Florida

Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., announced that the state unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent in December as the state added 11,500 jobs. When Scott took office at the start of 2011, the state unemployment rate stood at 11.1 percent.

Today we are excited to announce that Florida businesses added 11,500 private-sector jobs in December, for a total of 728,500 private-sector jobs created in only four years, and we look forward to seeing even more businesses grow and create jobs for families across the state, Scott said on Friday. As we prepare to release our 2015-2016 'Keep Florida Working budget recommendations, we will stay laser-focused on our goal of making Florida the global destination for business and job creation.

This marks the lowest state unemployment rate since April 2008.