Palm Beach County Unemployment Rate Drops to 4.5 Percent; Many Jobs Lost from COVID Have Been Recovered

West Palm Beach, Fla. (March 26, 2021) – Palm Beach County’s unemployment rate for February announced today is 4.5 percent -- below both the 6.6 percent national rate and Florida’s 5.0 percent rate for the sixth consecutive month, according to the latest monthly reports released today by CareerSource Palm Beach County and the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (all numbers not seasonally adjusted).