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Jacksonville, Fla., Jobless Rate on Decline.

By Mark Basch, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 22--Jacksonville's unemployment rate dropped sharply in October, the state's labor agency said Friday, providing further evidence of an economic recovery.

The jobless rate in the Jacksonville metropolitan area -- consisting of Duval, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties -- fell from 5.5 percent in September to 5.0 percent in October, according to the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation.

The unemployment data comes amid a number of positive recent

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