The slow month-by-month decrease in Levy County's jobless rate has reversed course with unemployment rising to 11.1 percent in June, up 0.8 percent from May's unemployment rate.
While a reversal in five months of declining unemployment, the rate is down from 12.3 percent for the same period a year ago.
Levy County's labor force decreased by 146 to 17,409, the number of those employed dropped by 286 to 15,468, and those without jobs also dropped by 140 to 1,941.
Unemployment in the the three-county region served by CLM Workforce Connection ended six consecutive months of steady decline rising in June to from 11.5 to 12.1 percent
The increase in unemployment in Citrus, Levy and Marion counties was experienced to some degree by every county in Florida. Among Florida’s 67 counties, Marion County’s unemployment ranks as seventh highest, Citrus County is 10th and Levy County is 21st.
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