TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Governor Ron DeSantis announced the Jacksonville area added 10,800 new private-sector jobs in the past year. The area's unemployment rate was 3.1 percent in December, down 0.3 percentage point in the past year. Statewide, Florida businesses created 241,000 new private-sector jobs in December 2018. To see the statewide job creation information, click here. The industries with the highest growth ov  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida's unemployment rate remained at a low 3.3 percent and was down 0.6 percentage point for 2018. In the past year, 241,000 private-sector jobs were created in Florida overall and 21,900 private-sector jobs were created in December. Florida's annual job growth rate of 3.2 percent continues to outpace the nation's job growth rate of 2.0 percent. "Florida's e  more