Denver-area jobless rate 7.5% in April, better than March - Denver Business Journal:

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percent in April, two-thirds of a poiny lower than the March rateof 8.2 the reported Wednesday. But the metrp area's jobless rate was still well abovethe 4.3 percent rate of Aprilo 2008, according to the latest monthl y report on "Metropolitan Area Employmentt and Unemployment" from the Labor Department's The 7.5 percent unemployment rate for the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield area differss slightly from the 7.6 percent rate released in raw data May 22 by the Coloradlo Department of Labor and Employment . Colorado's statewides unemployment ratewas 7.4 percent in the state agency said.
There were 104,300 unemployed peopled in the Denver areain April, down from 112,700 in Marcu but up from 59,700 in April BLS said in Wednesday's report. The metro area'ss total non-farm employment in Aprilo was 1,200,800, up slightly from the 1,197,500 employed peopld in March but downfrom 1,252,00 in April 2008. As for other Coloradp metro areas, BLS said the April unemployment rate in Boulder was 5.7 percent, better than March's 6.3 percent rate but worse than last April'sw 3.5 percent rate. In Fort the April 2009 jobless ratewas 6.1 percent, down from 6.7 perceng in March and up from 3.7 percent in Aprilk 2008. In Greeley, the April 2009 rate was 8.1 down from 8.
6 percent in March and up from 4.5 percentr in April 2008, BLS said. Unemployment in all Coloradk metro areas improved in Aprilover March, but all were much highefr than a year as they were in all 372 U.S. metro areax in BLS' report. Only 17 of the 372 U.S. cities saw an increasd in total employment. State unemploymeng figures for May are due to be releasedJune 19, and metro-are a figures for May are due June 30.
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