Florida saw a slight uptick in new unemployment claims in the latest report from the U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL ).

According to the federal agency’s figures for the week ending Nov. 22, there was an increase of first-time jobless filings in the Sunshine State. There were 5,665 claims in the previous week. That’s up by 381 from the week ending Nov. 15 , when 5,284 claims were filed.

That previous federal report on new filings was the first one since the federal government shutdown began Oct. 1. It ended in November after 43 days, making it the longest government closure in U.S. history. The DOL stopped tabulating unemployment statistics during that time frame.

The latest uptick bucks the general trend in Florida from the Summer and into the Fall, when the state mostly saw

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