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Fort Lauderdale Area Added More Than 24,000 Jobs Over the Year

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  — Today, Governor Rick Scott announced that the Fort Lauderdale area gained 24,400 private sector jobs over the year in December. The Fort Lauderdale area’s unemployment rate declined by 0.7 percentage point over the year to 4.3 percent in December. Florida has added more than 1 million private sector jobs since 2010. Governor Scott said, “More than ...

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