The February unemployment numbers released by the state of Florida on Friday showed an overall rate of 3.1%, below the national average of 3.9%. But in many of the state's counties, unemployment rose as job creation couldn't keep up with new residents in the work force. Overall, Florida reported 345,000 residents were jobless out of a labor force of 11,089,00. The state report showed 226,200 jobs were created from February 2023 to February 2024, an increase of 2.3%. That was just above the number of jobs created nationally which rose at 1.8% year over year. The county-level showed some concerning developments as 2024 continues through the month of March. These numbers from the state are not seasonally adjusted.