Free local news and info, in your inbox at 6 a.m. M-F. Jacksonville’s unemployment rate jumped in August to its highest level in more than four years, whenthe economy was beginning its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The unemployment rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties rose from 4.2% in July to 4.6% in August, the Florida Department of Commerce reported Sept. 19.
That’s the highest jobless rate in the area since it was 4.7% in June 2021…