Overview of Workforce One Region

April 15, 2011

         The unemployment rate in Broward County was 9.3 percent in March 2011. This rate was 0.5 percentage points lower than the region’s year-ago rate.  In March 2011, Broward County’s unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points lower than the state rate (10.6 percent) and 0.1 percentage points higher than the national rate (9.2 percent). Out of a labor force of 983,402, there were 91,398 unemployed Broward County residents. 

         In March 2011, nonagricultural employment in the Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach metropolitan division was 708,800.   Nonagricultural employment increased by 0.5 percentage points over the year in the metro area, compared to a 0.6 percent increase for the state.  Nonagricultural employment gained 3,400 jobs over the year in the metro area. 

         The major industry sectors that added jobs over the year in the metro area were leisure and hospitality (+2,800 jobs); trade, transportation, and utilities (+1,900 jobs); professional and business services (+1,700 jobs); and education and health services (+1,400 jobs). Industries losing jobs were construction (-2,100 jobs); financial activities (-1,100 jobs); manufacturing (-900 jobs); information (-100 jobs); other services (-100 jobs); and government (-100 jobs). 

         The Ft. Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach metropolitan division led the all Florida metro areas in over-the-year gains in professional and business services with +1,700 jobs.

 
Source:  Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, Labor Market Statistics Center