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Local unemployment below state average

March 20, 2014 | Staff Reporters

Santa Rosa County’s unemployment rate for January 2014 is 5.9 percent, which is lower than both the state and national averages. Florida’s unemployment rate for January was 6.1 percent, the lowest since June 2008 when the state average stood at 6 percent.