Pinellas County unemployment rate for September of last year was 3.5 percent. This year, it's dropped to 2.7 percent in September. That's the number that’s not seasonally adjusted released Oct. 19 by the state Department of Economic Opportunity. Last year in September, the labor for in the county was 498,722. This past September it had grown to 501,591. In September of last year, 17,488 people were looking for work in Pinellas County. Last month though, only 13,476 were looking for … Continue reading...