Jacksonville’s unemployment rate fell in September as job growth picked up, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Oct. 20.
The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties fell from 3.2% in August to 3% in September.
Duval County’s unemployment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 3.1%, and the other four counties in the metro area had lower rates.