PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on July 22 that Florida’s June 2022 unemployment rate dropped to 2.8 percent, despite national economic conditions.
“Despite Biden administration policies that have produced record inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, and slowing national GDP, Florida continues to outpace the nation with strong job growth and an increasing labor force,” DeSantis said in a press statement. “Florida’s unemployment rate has remained lower than the nation for 19 consecutive months and is now close to a full percentage point lower than the nation as a whole. June’s data demonstrates once again that our freedom-first approach is working for Floridians.”
