The number of unemployed workers in Florida rose from 310,000 in +468,000

COVID-19 and Unemployment in Florida: September Update The number of unemployed workers in Florida rose from 310,000 in +468,000 January 2020 to 1,304,000 in May, then fell to 778,000 in September. [...] In Change in unemployed workers in FL, all, between January and September, Jan-Sept 2020 the state added 468,000 unemployed workers. [...] Unemployed Workers by Month, Florida, 2020 1,400,000 1,200,000 The change was greatest in Miami- 1,000,000 Dade County, where the number of 800,000 unemployed workers rose from 600,000 21,501 in January to 183,595 in 400,000 September. [...] Miami-Dade/Orange/Broward Other Counties The state unemployment rate rose Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Local Area from 3% in January to 14% in April Unemployment Statistics. [...] The highest rates in Unemployment Rate by Month, Florida, 2020 September were in Osceola and 22% Miami-Dade Counties (13%) and 20% 18% Orange County (10%).