ORLANDO — The best place for younger workers to find jobs in Florida is in the Tallahassee-area ZIP code of 32312, where the unemployment rate for residents between ages 25 and 44 was 1.1 percent, according to U.S. Census data released Thursday.

The worst among ZIP codes with at least 20,000 residents was in the Jacksonville ZIP code of 32209, according to the data.

The best place for black workers was the Hialeah ZIP code of 33018, where the unemployment rate for African-American residents last year was just 0.4 percent. Black residents, though, make up only 2.8 percent of the
population; by comparison, 15.8 percent of residents
statewide are black.

The place with the highest
unemployment rate for black residents was the 34667 ZIP code in Hudson, north of Tampa, although African-Americans make up less than 1 percent of residents there.

The best place for workers with a college education
was the 32205 ZIP code in Jacksonville, where more than a third of residents are in professional or management jobs, according to the Census’ American Community Survey five-year estimates.

The worst was the 34112 ZIP code in Naples, which has a higher share of retirees than the rest of the state.