Florida's jobless rate is dipping slightly.

The state's unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent in April. That's a slight decline from the previous month. Florida added 24,500 jobs last month according to figures released Friday by the Department of Economic Opportunity.

The state's jobless rate remains higher than the national rate of 5.4 percent. There are approximately 542,000 unemployed Floridians.

Gov. Rick Scott announced the new unemployment rate at IRadimed, a medical products company in Orlando. The Central Florida area led the state in job creation in the last year, creating more than 47,000 private sector jobs.

Scott has made job creation the main focus during his time in office.

Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys, maintained the lowest unemployment rate in the state at 3.6 percent. Citrus and Putnam counties in the north central portion of the state have the highest rates at 7.2 percent.

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Local unemployment by county

April 2015, Central Florida counties only.
(Preliminary, not seasonally adjusted)

RANK* COUNTY APRIL 2015
MARCH 2015
3 Sumter 7.0% 7.4%
10 Marion 6.2% 6.6%
15 Flagler 6.1% 6.5%
22 Brevard 5.7% 6.0%
30 Volusia 5.5% 5.8%
30 Osceola 5.5% 5.8%
38 Lake 5.2% 5.5%
54 Orange 4.7% 5.0%
57 Seminole 4.6% 4.9%

* Out of 67 Florida counties.

Source: Florida Department of Economic Opportunity