Florida Governor Rick Scott is out pushing the newly release 6.1% state unemployment rate- the lowest it has been since 2008.

“It is clear we’re making a positive impact on businesses and families in Florida,” Scott said in a statement. “We are creating an opportunity economy where businesses can continue to grow.”-Gov. Rick Scott

The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent, which was lower than it was at the end of the year. The rate remains below the national average of 6.6 percent.

There are an estimated 581,000 Floridians out of work.

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Despite the overall rate dropping slightly by 0.2 percent, the overall number of jobs in the state dropped by 2,600. The number of jobs is calculated using a separate survey.

Kevin Cate, a spokesman for Crist, noted the decline to jobs to blast Scott for “desperately attempting to take credit for a recovery that’s more anemic than what the economy was already predicted to do on its own.”

Florida overall has added nearly 193,000 jobs in the last year. That’s the third highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Florida trailed Texas and California.

Scott has said the state’s unemployment rate is dropping due to his policies, including his push to cut back on regulation and lower taxes.
But economists who work for the Florida Legislature have said a big reason for the decline is that people are leaving the labor force or delayed their job search. A state economic overview released in February concluded that if the number of people in the labor force had held steady since December 2011, the real unemployment rate would be 7.9 percent.-Miami Herald

Of course Crist is expected to chime and say Scott is desperate to take credit for the drop in unemployment.

After all, he really can’t point at the unemployment rate during is tenure a Governor, and say that Florida was doing better under watch, can he?