Number of jobless and unemployment rate rise in Lee post-Ian

State data shows the number of unemployed in the county jumped by about 5,000 in the month following Hurricane Ian.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 8:47 a.m. November 21, 2022
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The number of people unemployed in Lee County jumped by nearly 5,000 in the month following Hurricane Ian, raising the county’s unemployment rate by more than a full point.

 

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