Florida’s not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in December was 11.6 percent, down from the 12.2 percent in November, according to the latest report from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. The national unemployment rate for December was 9.1 percent, compared to 9.3 percent for the prior month.

The jobless rate for the Orlando metropolitan area, which includes Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties, was 11.3 percent for December, down from 12 percent in November. The four-county region added 3,400 non-agricultural jobs month over month, bringing the non-agricultural employment number to 1,016,8000.

Jobless rates in the four counties in the metropolitan area for December were: Osceola, 12.4 percent; Lake, 11.9 percent; Orange, 11.3 percent; and Seminole, 10.4 percent. Osceola County's jobless rate for November was 13.1 percent.

Hendry and Flagler counties had the highest unemployment, at 15.7 percent, while Liberty County had the lowest, at 7.7 percent. Osceola County had the 16th highest unemployment of Florida's 67 counties.