ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida saw a slight decrease last week in first-time unemployment claims as it headed into the Independence Day holiday period.
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An estimated 6,749 claims were filed in Florida during the week that ended June 29, according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Labor.
That was down from a revised count of 7,307 claims during the week that ended June 22 and marked the first week since the end of May that the count was below 7,000.
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Nationally, 234,000 initial claims were filed last week, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week.
Nonfarm payroll employment up in 30 states from May 2023 to May 2024 https://t.co/0smSGJcw2P #BLSdata pic.twitter.com/1vnh4NC5Ow
— BLS-Labor Statistics (@BLS_gov) July 2, 2024
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Florida had a 3.3 percent unemployment rate in May, the same rate as in April.
The Florida Department of Commerce will release a June unemployment report on July 19.
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