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County's unemployment rate drops to 5.3 percent

By Howard B. Owens

The county's unemployment rate dropped eight-tenths of a precent since last year, even while the county's overall job numbers also dipped, according to the state Department of Labor.

For November, the local unemployment rate was 5.3 percent, down from 6.1 percent in November of last year. The number of reported unemployed dropped from 1,900 to 1,600.

Year over year for November, the total number of non-farm jobs in Genesee County went from 28,900 to 28,300.

The statewide unemployment rate fell a full percentage point from 6.8 percent to 5.8 percent.

In the rest of the GLOW region, Orleans County had one of the biggest unemployment rate drops in the state, with the rate falling from 8.3 to 6.8 percent. Wyoming County's rate fell from seven percent to 6.1 percent. Livingston County dropped from 6.3 to 5.6 percent.

kim lawrence

Of course the unemployment rate went down. After 26 weeks your done. You don't get anymore. Then it looks like that person got a job. When in fact they didn't. They just can't collect it anymore. They only count the ones getting the unemployment not the ones that get cut off and can't collect anymore.

Dec 25, 2014, 1:03am Permalink

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