Unemployment |
Metro Area |
August 2007 |
August 2008 |
Number Unemployed |
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach (Broward) |
3.9% |
6.1% |
61,378 |
Port St. Lucie (Martin and St. Lucie) |
6.2 |
9.2 |
17,722 |
Sebastian-Vero Beach (Indian River) |
7.1 |
10.0 |
6,170 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach (Palm Beach) |
4.9 |
7.3 |
47,891 |
Source: Agency for Workforce Innovation |
School Enrollment Change |
County |
% Change (from 2007-08) |
Student Change |
Indian River |
+1.12% |
+204 |
Okeechobee |
-1.98 |
-595 |
St. Lucie |
-5.29 |
-2,135 |
Martin |
+0.22 |
+40 |
Palm Beach |
-0.86 |
-1,493 |
Broward |
-0.94 |
-2,439 |
Source: Florida Department of Education |
Gross Sales (Jan.-June ‘08 vs. Jan.-June ‘07) |
County |
% Change |
$ Change |
Broward |
-0.7% |
-$351,849,651 |
Indian River |
-2.9 |
-58,802,423 |
Martin |
-5.3 |
-170,364,952 |
Okeechobee |
+5.5 |
+32,163,632 |
Palm Beach |
-2.8 |
-721,980,247 |
St. Lucie |
-1.5 |
-61,987,202 |
Source: Florida Department of Revenue |
Existing-Home Sales |
Metro Area |
August Sales |
1-Year Chg. |
August Median $ |
1-Year Chg. |
Fort Lauderdale |
604 |
+12% |
$269,800 |
-27% |
Fort Pierce-Port St. Lucie |
339 |
+18 |
153,900 |
-28 |
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton |
623 |
+10 |
323,300 |
-12 |
Source: Florida Association of Realtors |