PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida’s unemployment rate continues to outpace the national averages, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Oct. 21, saying The Sunshine State has hit “another historic low,” despite the devastating impact of Hurricane Ian.
DeSantis announced that the state’s September unemployment rate dropped to 2.5 percent. It is the second lowest rate in state recorded history and the lowest since October 2006, the governor’s office said in a written statement.
On Aug. 19, DeSantis announced that Florida’s July unemployment rate had dropped to “a historic low” of 2.7 percent.
The governor’s office reported in late August that “this level has only been reached three times” since 1976, when the state began recording unemployment data….