Idaho unemployment dropped to 4 percent in October

The retail sector did not report an increase in employment, but Weaver said it may see a boost next month with the traditional seasonal hiring that takes place in November. It is down from 8.1 percent in December 2013, representing a 3.3 percentage point decrease in unemployment since Mayor de Blasio took office.

For example, he said, personal income grew 3.8 percent in the state from the first quarter of 2014 to 2015 or about $2,900 per person. Escambia County went from 5.2% to five even; Santa Rosa 4.6 to 4.4%, and Okaloosa County dropped from 4.4 to 4.2%. Keyes saw their rate rise from 13.8 percent in September to 13.9 percent in October.

The biggest job losses came in local government as well as professional and business service with both sectors reporting 1,100 fewer jobs than in September.

About 306,000 people were unemployed in October in Los Angeles County, which has a workforce of about 5 million.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its monthly estimates of unemployment rates in all 50 USA states and the District of Columbia, and things are looking pretty good. The September rate in New Mexico was 6.7 percent.

Among the nine geographic divisions, the West North Central had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.0 percent in October.

Over the longer term, more jobs must become available to counter the declining labor force, he said. California had an unemployment rate of 5.7 percent and the nation had an unemployment rate of 4.8 percent for the same time frame.

The highest rate was in rural Hendry County on the southwest side of Lake Okeechobee, despite an improvement from 11.6 percent in September to 9.4 percent in October.

Unemployment in the Orlando metro area hit a new seven-year low of 4.6 percent in October, according to unadjusted data the state released on Friday. Texas had the only significant over-the-month rate increase (+0.2 percentage point).

One of those differences is Jacksonville is actually adding jobs at a faster pace than the rest of the state.

October’s job gains are more in line with the state’s average job gains of about 38,000 each month over the previous year.