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Note: All data are subject to revision.Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Labor Market Statistics Center

Overview of the WorkSource RegionNot Seasonally Adjusted

December 16, 2011

The unemployment rate in the WorkSource region (Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, Putnam, and St. Johns counties) was 9.6percent in November 2011, the lowest since May 2009 when it was 9.4 percent. The regions jobless rate was 2.0percentage points lower than the year-ago rate of 11.6 percent and 0.2 percentage point lower than the state rate of 9.8percent. Out of a labor force of 718,950 there were 69,144 unemployed residents in the region.Putnam Countys unemployment rate (11.5 percent) was the highest of the counties that comprise the WorkSource region.The unemployment rates for the other counties were: 10.3 percent in Baker, 9.9 percent in Duval, 9.2 percent in Nassau,8.9 percent in Clay, and 8.5 percent in St. Johns.

Nonagricultural employment in the Jacksonville metro area (Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns counties) was595,300 in November, an increase of 8,300 jobs (+1.4 percent) over the year. This was the strongest over-the-year jobgrowth rate in the area since July 2007. Statewide, employment increased by 98,000 jobs (+1.4 percent) over the sametime period.

The industry gaining the most jobs over the year was leisure and hospitality (+4,200 jobs). Other industries gaining jobsincluded professional and business services (+3,100 jobs); trade, transportation, and utilities (+2,600 jobs); mining,logging, and construction (+1,900 jobs); and education and health services (+1,400 jobs).

Industries losing jobs included financial activities (-2,000 jobs); government (-1,600 jobs); other services (-800 jobs);information (-400 jobs); and manufacturing (-100 jobs).

The metro areas over-the-year growth rates in leisure and hospitality (+6.5 percent) and professional and business services(+3.5 percent) were stronger than the statewide growth rates in these industries. Mining, logging, and construction was upover the year in the metro area but lost jobs statewide.

Jacksonville was one of only two metro areas in Florida that gained jobs over the year in mining, logging, and constructionand led all metro areas in the state in job gains in this industry.

Unemployment Rates (%)

(not seasonally adjusted) Nov-11 Oct-11 Nov-10

WorkSource Region 9.6 9.7 11.6

Baker County 10.3 10.0 11.4

Clay County 8.9 8.8 11.3

Duval County 9.9 10.1 11.8

Nassau County 9.2 9.3 11.6

Putnam County 11.5 11.3 13.2

St. Johns County 8.5 8.4 10.1

Jacksonville MSA 9.5 9.6 11.5

Florida 9.8 10.1 12.1

United States 8.2 8.5 9.3

Nonagricultural Employment by Industry

(not seasonally adjusted) Nov-11 Nov-10 change

percent

change Nov-11 Nov-10 change

perce

chan

Total Employment 595,300 587,000 8,300 1.4 7,317,600 7,219,600 98,000 1.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction 29,900 28,000 1,900 6.8 334,000 339,800 -5,800 -1.7

Manufacturing 27,000 27,100 -100 -0.4 308,600 303,500 5,100 1.7

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 127,900 125,300 2,600 2.1 1,507,800 1,471,500 36,300 2.5

Wholesale Trade 25,500 25,400 100 0.4 304,300 306,300 -2,000 -0.7

Retail Trade 72,600 70,500 2,100 3.0 971,300 940,100 31,200 3.3

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 29,800 29,400 400 1.4 232,200 225,100 7,100 3.2

Information 9,800 10,200 -400 -3.9 130,000 136,000 -6,000 -4.4

Financial Activities 53,500 55,500 -2,000 -3.6 475,900 468,100 7,800 1.7

Professional and Business Services 91,000 87,900 3,100 3.5 1,062,700 1,046,900 15,800 1.5

Education and Health Services 88,000 86,600 1,400 1.6 1,124,100 1,091,300 32,800 3.0

Leisure and Hospitality 68,900 64,700 4,200 6.5 949,000 920,500 28,500 3.1

Other Services 23,000 23,800 -800 -3.4 308,300 312,300 -4,000 -1.3

Government 76,300 77,900 -1,600 -2.1 1,117,200 1,129,700 -12,500 -1.1

Jacksonville Metropolitan Statistical Area Florida

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Population 2011 2010 change

percent

change

WorkSource Region 1,423,259 1,419,960 3,299 0.2

Baker County 26,927 27,115 -188 -0.7

Clay County 191,143 190,865 278 0.1

Duval County 864,601 864,263 338 0.0Nassau County 73,684 73,314 370 0.5

Putnam County 74,052 74,364 -312 -0.4

St. Johns County 192,852 190,039 2,813 1.5

Jacksonville MSA 1,349,207 1,345,596 3,611 0.3

Florida 18,905,048 18,801,310 103,738 0.6

Average Annual Wage 2010 2009 change

percent

change

WorkSource Region $42,518 $41,581 $937 2.3

Baker County $29,649 $29,503 $146 0.5

Clay County $32,281 $31,843 $438 1.4

Duval County $45,096 $44,034 $1,062 2.4

Nassau County $37,192 $34,981 $2,211 6.3

Putnam County $33,990 $33,908 $82 0.2

St. Johns County $36,143 $35,758 $385 1.1Jacksonville MSA $42,791 $41,822 $969 2.3

Florida $41,574 $40,991 $583 1.4