Economic Forecast 2018 - By the Numbers

A healthy retail sector is crucial for creating jobs in today's economy, but retail's importance to employment along the Gulf Coast may change over the next decade.

That's one of several important insights that can be gleaned from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity's latest job projections. On an ongoing basis, the state's statisticians generate their best estimates for what employment throughout the state might look like in the near future. Its most recently available projections are for the year 2024, and while the Gulf Coast economy will likely bear close resemblance to today's environment, several interesting potential changes can be parsed from the data. Those changes include:

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