Florida led nation in job growth in January

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott was in Central Florida on Monday to talk about jobs.  Florida leads the nation in job growth, according to new federal jobless reports.  The state's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 5 percent in January according to state officials. That's higher than the national jobless rate of 4.9 percent.

But the state did add 32,200 jobs that month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that this was the highest number of jobs added by any state in January. Texas was second with 31,400 jobs added.

Gov. Rick Scott announced the new jobless numbers during a stop in Orlando at Orion Technologies. Scott has made job creation the central focus of his administration.  ""This is happening all around the state -- great technology companies are coming here, because we have a great workforce," he said. 

Scott's stop in Orlando was just one of five around the state, as part of his "Million, Billion Jobs Victory Tour."  "A million jobs in five years and thanks to the wonderful people in the Legislature, we've now cut taxes by over $1 billion in two years."