Polk County unemployment lower than last year
The unemployment rate for October was 3.3% in Polk County, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The FDEO also said last mo...
The unemployment rate for October was 3.3% in Polk County, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. The FDEO also said last month's rate was an improvement over 2021 at 1.1% lower than the Polk County's unemployment rate a year ago, which was at 4.4%. Previously: Polk County unemployment rate 3.2% in September, down 1.5% from a year agoSnack comeback: Goldfish snack-making comes back to Campbell facility in LakelandBy a margin of 0.6%, however, more workers were unemployed in Polk compared to the overall state rate of 2.