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Jacksonville's unemployment rate sinks to near-record low

The "help wanted" sign outside Hickory Park has been there for two years, Kopecky says.
Olivia Sun for NPR
The "help wanted" sign outside Hickory Park has been there for two years, Kopecky says.

Jacksonville’s unemployment rate dropped in April, falling close to its record-low rate.

The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties fell from 2.6% in March to 2.3% in April, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday.

The record low in the agency’s data, which dates back to 1990, was 2.2% in December 2022.

Read the rest of this story at the Jacksonville Daily Record, a WJCT News partner.