Florida Unemployment Rate Reaches 9.4 Percent

MIAMI - MARCH 27: Gregory Tai (L), who lost his job working in marketing, and Javier Munoz fill out paperwork as they wait for a job interview as they compete with others for one of about fifty positions open with South Florida Workforce on on March 27, 2009 in Miami, Florida. According to Florida's state labor department the state has a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2009 of 9.4 percent. It represents 874,000 jobless out of a labor force of 9,252,000. The state�s current unemployment rate is 1.3 percentage points higher than the national unemployment rate of 8.1 percent. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)