Osceola County's unemployment rate for May (not seasonally adjusted) was 10.7 percent, down from April's 10.9 percent and down more than 1 percent from 11.8 in May 2010, according to the latest report from the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation. This represents 15,074 unemployed workers out of a labor force of 140,768.

Osceola County is now ranked the 18th highest in the state for its unemployment rate, dropping down from 12th place last month; Flagler County has the highest unemployment rate in Florida, holding steady at 13.8 percent since April.

The jobless rate for the Orlando metropolitan area, which includes Lake, Osceola, Orange and Seminole counties, was 9.9 percent, down slightly from 10 percent in April.

Orange County's jobless rate was 9.9 percent; Lake County's was 10.2 percent and Seminole County's was 9.4 percent. Polk County, Osceola County's other neighbor that is not in the metro-area, had a 10.8 percent jobless rate.

Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was 10.6 percent, down 0.2 percentage point from April's 10.8 percent and down from 11.3 percent in May 2010. The new state unemployment rate represents 980,000 jobless residents out of a labor force of 9,245,000 Floridians.

The nationwide jobless rate for May was 8.7 percent, holding steady from April, and down from 9.3 percent in May 2010.