The state unemployment rate for August is scheduled to be released September 20.
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“The unemployment rate dropped as Georgia employers hired more people and created more jobs”, said State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler.
Denver had the lowest unemployment rate among metros with populations of 1 million or more, at just 3.4 percent in July. Yuma, Ariz., had the highest unemployment rate among US cities at 24.3 percent.
Indiana County tied Somerset County in July for the 58th lowest unemployment rate among Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
Mecklenburg County’s unemployment rate was 4.7 percent in July, down from 5.8 percent in July 2015.
Scotland County, at 9 percent, had the highest unemployment rate among the 100 counties in the state, while Buncombe County had the lowest at 3.8 percent. All 15 metro areas experienced rate decreases over the year.
As unemployment rates fell in metro Atlanta, figures show the number of employed residents and those who are unemployed and actively looking for work, increased by 31,568 to 2,950,335 in July. In June, however, the rate was slightly less at 7.2 percent. Jobless rates in neighboring counties were 7.1 percent in Jefferson and Cambria, 7.5 percent in Clearfield, 6 percent in Westmoreland and 7.7 percent in Armstrong. The manufacturing sector fell by 1,000 jobs.
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When compared to the same month a year ago, not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates decreased in all 100 counties. All of the rates are higher than the previous year’s, which was 6.5 percent in July 2015. Throughout the state, 69,064 new jobs were posted.
