Miami-Dade County had Florida's lowest unemployment rate in August at 2.7%, according to Florida Commerce; county figures were not seasonally adjusted. Florida's seasonally adjusted rate fell to 4.5%, its third monthly decline, but remained 0.5 percentage points above a year ago.
Monroe County followed Miami-Dade at 3.3%; Wakulla was at 4.1%, and Walton and Seminole were at 4.3% each. Taylor County had the highest rate at 8.2%, followed by Sumter at 7.9%, Highlands at 6.8%, Citrus at 6.7% and Hamilton at 6.5%.
