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&C'areerSou«e EMPLOYMENT REPORT <br />RESEARCH COAST <br />"" March 23','2018 " <br />The unemployment rate to the CareerSource Research Coast area (Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie counties) was 4.4 <br />percent in February 2018. This rate was 0.7 percentage'point lower than the region's year ago rate of 5.1 percent The labor <br />force.nias 276,840, up 4,366 (+1.6) over the year. There were 12,079 unemployed residents in the region. <br />ST. LUCIE MARTIN I INDIAN RIVER <br />COUNTY COUNTY COUNTY <br />5.1 % 13.7% 4.4% <br />The majority of the nonagricultural employment in the CareerSource Research Coast area was in the Port St. Lucie metro area. <br />This metro* area accounted for 147,200 jobs in February 2018, an increase of 1,800 jobs from February 2017 (+1.2 percent). • The <br />industries gaining in jobs over the year were: education and health services (+800 jobs); trade, transportation, and utilities (+400 <br />jobs); professional and business services (+300 jobs); leisure and hospitality (+300 jobs); and government (+100 jobs). - The <br />mining, logging, and construction; manufacturing; financial activities; and other services industries were unchanged over the <br />year. <br />The Sebastian -Vero Beach Metro Area February 2018 nonagricultural employment in the Sebastian -Vero Beach MSA was 52,400, <br />an increase of 400 jobs (+0.8 percent) over the year. The` industries gaining in jobs over the year were: leisure and hospitality <br />(+500 jobs); financial activities (+100 jobs); and other services (+100 jobs). The mining, logging, and construction; <br />manufacturing; trade, transportation, and utilities; information; and government industries were unchanged over the year. The <br />Sebastian -Vero Beach MSA had the fastest annual job growth rate compared to all the metro areas in the state in other services <br />(+3.7 percent) in February 2018. <br />358' <br />`r <br />■ <br />