TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCJB) - Florida saw its unemployment rate continue to tick up as 2023 ended. Alachua County had a 3.1 percent unemployment rate in December, dropping 0.1 percent from November.

Florida’s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.4 percent in November, after holding steady at 3.3 percent since April, according to a report released Friday by the state Department of Commerce.