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.CareerSource EMPLOYMENT REPORT <br />4 4� RESEARCH COAST <br />January 2017 <br />The unemployment rate in the CareerSource Research Coast region (Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie counties) <br />was 5.3 percent in December 2016. This rate was equal to the region's year ago rate of 5.3 percent. <br />Out of a labor force of 267,427 there were 14,206 unemployed residents in the region. <br />w'"PA4.7 <br />ST. LUCIE MARTIN INDIAN <br />COUNTY COUNTY RIVER <br />COUNTY <br />5.5% 4.6% 1 5.8% <br />In December 2016, nonagricultural employment in the combined CareerSource Research Coast metro areas was <br />194,900, an increase of 3,000 jobs (+1.6 percent) over the previous year. The major industries that gained gobs over the <br />year were: education and health services (+1,700 jobs); leisure and hospitality (+800 jobs); professional and business <br />services (+400 jobs); government (+400 jobs); mining, logging, and construction (+300 jobs); <br />and other services (+300 jobs). <br />320 <br />300 <br />