Capital Region June unemployment rate better than last year
The dots mark the unemployment rate for the last five Junes.
The Capital Region's unemployment rate was 6.6 percent in June, according to the state Department of Labor. It was 6.5 percent in May and 7.1 percent in June 2009. (June to June is the best comparison because the local unemployment rate is not seasonally adjusted.)
There are more than 30,000 people unemployed in the Capital Region.
New York State's overall unemployment rate in June was 8.2. The state's rate was 8.3 in May and 8.6 in June 2009 (seasonally adjusted, so if you'd like to compare different months against each other, compare away).
The national unemployment rate in June was 9.5 percent.
Breakouts for individual Capital Region counties after the jump. Every county showed a decrease in the unemployment rate compared to June 2009.
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One of the main problems with their figures is that a huge chunk of people that were collecting unemployment just lost their benefits as they have reached the maximum of 99 weeks. I am pretty sure they didn't include that in the numbers, and are trying to sweep it under the rug so people don't notice that things are going to get worse.
... said Michael (@TCRPMG) on Jul 15, 2010 at 7:50 PM | link