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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN UNION, WALLOWA COUNTIES
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS IN UNION, WALLOWA COUNTIES
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The unemployment rate for Union County fell to 6.7 percent for April, the lowest it has been since December, when it was 5.7 percent, the Oregon Employment Department has reported. In Wallowa County, the April unemployment rate was 15 percent, the lowest since the 14.3 percent in January. Those numbers compare to the statewide unemployment rate of 7.5 percent for April and 6.0 percent nationally for the same month. The actual numbers for the last two months: Union County April March Labor force: 12,244 12,234 Employed: 11,424 11,261 Unemployed: 820 973 Wallowa County Labor force: 3,268 3,259 Employed: 2,779 2,707 Unemployed: 489 552 Unemployment rate by months Union Wallowa County County State Dec. 5.7 9.8 7.8 Jan. 7.9 14.3 8.1 Feb. 8.3 16.3 8.1 March 8.0 17.0 7.9 April 6.7 15.0 7.5 UNEMPLOYMENT RATES BY STATES FOR APRIL Unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted, by states, for April: Alabama 5.6% Alaska 6.6% Arizona 5.7% Arkansas 5.3% California 6.4% Colorado 5.3% Connecticut 3.8% Delaware 4.1% D.C. 6.4% Florida 5.1% Georgia 4.6% Hawaii 4.3% Idaho 5.3% Illinois 6.3% Indiana 5.1% Iowa 3.6% Kansas 4.4% Kentucky 5.3% Louisiana 5.8% Maine 4.0% Maryland 5.4% Mass. 4.7% Michigan 6.0% Minn. 4.3% Mississippi 7.0% Missouri 5.2% Montana 4.5% Nebraska 3.8% Nevada 5.5% N.Hampshire 4.0% New Jersey 5.5% New Mexico 5.9% New York 6.1% N. Carolina 6.9% N.Dakota 3.6% Ohio 5.8% Oklahoma 4.4% Oregon 7.5% Penn 5.4% Puerto Ri 12.3% Rhode Is. 4.5% S. Carolina 5.8% S. Dakota 3.4% Tennessee 5.3% Texas 6.1% Utah 5.7% Vermont 3.9% Virginia 4.6% Washington 7.1% West Virginia 6.0% Wisconsin 5.4% Wyoming 4.4% |




