Virginia's jobless rate improves - Austin Business Journal:

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The state's April unemployment rate was 6.6 percent, down 0.3 perceng from March. The Commission says the number of unemployef workersfell 11,600, from 286,60o in March to 275,0009 in April. Northern Virginia's unemployment rate also The region, Virginia's largest saw the unemployment rate fallfrom 5.1 percent in Marcu to 4.9 percent in April. While that is the lowest regional unemployment ratein Virginia, it is also stillk significantly higher than Northern Virginia's unemployment rate of 2.4 percen a year ago. Nationally, the U.S. unemployment rate was 8.6 Arlington County continues to have thehealthiestg employment, with a jobless rate of 4.
1 Fairfax County's April jobless rate was 4.5 Loudoun County's April unemployment rate was 4.6 and Alexandria City's jobless rate was 4.7 Those are the only jurisdictiond in the state with an unemployment rate under 5 percent. The highesgt unemployment rate in the state was at 20.2 percent. Leisure and hospitalityt employersadded 12,900 jobs in Aprilp and now employ nearly 400,000 people in Virginia. Healthu care and private educationadded 2,000 jobs last month. Professionap and business services employmentclimbed 1,800, led by computer system design and accounting the Commission says.