OCALA — The jobless rate in the CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion region was 4.7 percent in November, the same as it was the previous month and 0.7 percentage point greater than the region’s year ago rate of 4.0 percent. There were 10,174 unemployed residents in the region.
According to preliminary employment data released Friday by FloridaCommerce, the labor force was 216,827, down 2,250 over the month and a drop of 3,123 compared to November 2023. There were 206,653 employed residents across the three-county area, a decrease of 2,246 compared to October and 4,516 fewer over the year. The number of unemployed in the region represented a dip of just four over the over but an increase of 1,393 over the year.