Florida's unemployment rate jumps to 11 percent; Tampa Bay area hits 11.7

Florida's unemployment rate jumped to 11 percent in September, pushing the total number of jobless above 1 million and matching a modern-era high set in October 1975. In the Tampa Bay area, the news was even more grim: a jobless rate of 11.7 percent, up from an upwardly revised rate of 11.4 percent in August. Among bay area counties, Hernando continued to be hardest hit, with its unemployment rate reaching 13.8 percent. Hillsborough County was at 11.5 percent, Pinellas at 11.2 percent, Pasco at 12.5 percent and Citrus at 12.1 percent.

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