Miami has the lowest unemployment rate in the nation, according to an April 5 release by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The agency said that Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall metropolitan division unemployment rate stood at 1.7 percent in February, which was the lowest of any metropolitan division nationwide.
The unemployment rate for the entire Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metropolitan area stood at 2.2 percent, which was tied for lowest of any metro area nationwide.
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall also enjoyed the third biggest increase in employment in February, up 4.4 percent (behind only Dallas-Plano-Irving and Fort Worth).