Unemployment Rate in Counties Across South Florida (Miami, Hialeah: mover, employment)

[flmover]

November 2010

• Broward 10.8%
• Collier 12.4%
• Glades 12.6%
• Hendry 17.9%
• Highlands 13.4%
• Monroe 8.5%
• Miami-Dade 13.0%
• Palm Beach 12.3%

[Angel Calzadilla]

I was told by somebody within the unemployment department in Miami-Dade county, that the unemployment rate is even higher than the one discloused of 13.0%

[deadhead948]

flmover, where can those stats be found? I'm wondering how south Fl. compares to the rest of the state.

[Hialeah_Rules]

this site has the same # he posted:

Unemployment Rate - Lee County, FL - November, 2010 | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL

Hialeah city 16.4%

[flmover]

Originally Posted by deadhead948

flmover, where can those stats be found? I'm wondering how south Fl. compares to the rest of the state.

You can found this rates in the Federal Labor Department website.

[Nolefan34]

Originally Posted by Angel Calzadilla

I was told by somebody within the unemployment department in Miami-Dade county, that the unemployment rate is even higher than the one discloused of 13.0%

I could have told you that. Its not just Miami-Dade, it is every county in Florida and every state in America. When they tell you the unemployment rate is 13%, always add about 5% on top of that and that's close to the real rate.

The official unemployment stats never take into account A) People who gave up looking for work, and B) People who had full-time jobs, but got laid off and now have part-time jobs. For that reason, unemployment stats are the most flawed stat the government has ever created.

[KasperFX]

your looking at the U3 STAT, Try looking at the U6 to get a somwhat more accret realty of the Unemployment Rate

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures employment and unemployment (of those over 16 years of age) using two different labor force surveys conducted by the United States Census Bureau (within the United States Department of Commerce) and/or the Bureau of Labor Statistics (within the United States Department of Labor) that gather employment statistics monthly. The Current Population Survey (CPS), or "Household Survey", conducts a survey based on a sample of 60,000 households. This Survey measures the unemployment rate based on the ILO definition. The data are also used to calculate 5 alternate measures of unemployment as a percentage of the labor force based on different definitions noted as U1 through U6:

• U1 : Percentage of labor force unemployed 15 weeks or longer.
• U2 : Percentage of labor force who lost jobs or completed temporary work.
• U3 : Official unemployment rate per ILO definition.
• U4 : U3 + "discouraged workers", or those who have stopped looking for work because current economic conditions make them believe that no work is available for them.
• U5 : U4 + other "marginally attached workers", or "loosely attached workers", or those who "would like" and are able to work, but have not looked for work recently.
• U6 : U5 + Part time workers who want to work full time, but cannot due to economic reasons.

Also keep in mind that none of these Unemployment Rate measurements account for self employed nor contractors, i.e. realtors, farm workers, builders, handy man, individuals, computer programmers and designers to name a few. And over the past 10 years that segment has become a huge % of the workforce of America..