Jacksonville continued to add jobs in June but with more people seeking work, the area’s unemployment rate rose to its highest level in four months.
The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 2.3% in May to 2.9% in June, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported July 22.
That was the highest rate since it also was 2.9% in February.
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