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Flagler County’s unemployment rate is at 13.9%, according to the numbers released Jan. 20, by the Center for Business Excellence. That’s the highest of any county in the state.
For the year, nonagricultural jobs in Palm Coast were 17,700 in December 2011, a decrease of 3.3% (600) over the year — the steepest decline in the state. Statewide, employment increased by 1.6% in the same period.
By way of comparision, total nonagricultural employment increased by 3,100 jobs over the year in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area.
State unemployment is 9.7%. The combined Flagler-Volusia rate is 10.5%.
The Palm Coast (13.9%), Ocala (11.6%), and Sebastian-Vero Beach (11.4%) metro areas have the highest unemployment rates in the state. Long-term weakness in construction and losses in government contributed to the high unemployment rates in these areas.
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23 Free EKG Screenings
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23 Blood Drive
10:00 am - Feb
23 ‘The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till’
2:00 pm - Feb
23 Genealogy Society Meeting
5:30 pm
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Flagler school namesake dies at 7
02/22/12
Lewis Edward Wadsworth III, Bunnell High School Class of 1959, son of Lewis Wadsworth and Angela Carpenter, died Wednesday, Feb. 15, in St. Augustine. -
Palm Coaster to compete in True Street Event
02/22/12
Don Gress and his 2008 Shelby GT500 Blue Diamond will be competing in the True Street Event March 1 to March 4, in Bradenton. -
Kiwanis recognizes Seniors of the Month
02/22/12
Chris Hickey, of Matanzas High School, and Jonathan Weaver, of Flagler Palm Coast High School, were selected as the Flagler/Palm Coast Kiwanis Club’s Seniors of the Month for February.
