The unemployment rate for Genesee County hit a 100-month low for June, according to Department of Labor statistics.
The rate fell to 4.5 percent. The last time the rate was that low or lower was October 2007, when the rate stood at 4.2 percent.
The lowest rate of that year was 3.8 percent in August and in May.
A year ago, the June rate was 4.8 percent. It was 4.7 percent this May.
For June, there were 24,300 non-farm jobs in Genesee County, down from 24,600 in June 2015. That June number is still the highest it's been so far in 2015, and with exception of last June, the highest it's been since July 2010.
Unemployment in Wyoming County is 4.9 percent, it's 6.1 in Orleans, and 5.3 in Livingston. In the Buffalo area, it's 5.3 percent and in the Rochester region, it's 5.1.
