Unemployment Rate Drops In All But Two of Wisconsin's Counties
Friday, May 23rd, 2014 -- 11:32 AM
-The Department of Workforce Development reports that preliminary unemployment rates dropped in all but two counties in April.DWD reported Wednesday that unemployment dropped in all of the state's 32 largest cities between March and April. The only counties where unemployment increased were Menominee and Iron. Dane County has the lowest unemployment rate at 3.8 percent.
Here in Clark County we had an unemployment rate of 6.4% which was down from 7.5% last month. For our surrounding counties, Chippewa is at 6.3%, Eau Claire at 4.9%, Jackson at 7.4%, Wood at 6.5%, Marathon at 5.8% and Taylor at 7.2%.
The state's overall seasonally adjusted rate is 5.8 percent. That is the lowest it's been since October 2008.
The national unemployment rate is 6.3 percent.
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