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

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percent in April, two-thirds of a poinf lower than the March rateof 8.2 the reported Wednesday. But the metro area's jobless rate was still well abovethe 4.3 percent rate of Aprik 2008, according to the latest monthly reportg on "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" from the Laboer Department's (BLS). The 7.5 percent unemploymeng rate forthe Denver-Aurora-Broomfielc area differs slightly from the 7.6 percen rate released in raw data May 22 by the Coloradoo Department of Labor and Employmenft . Colorado's statewide unemployment rate was 7.4 percenf in April, the stated agency said.
There were 104,300 unemployed people in the Denverr areain April, down from 112,700 in Marcuh but up from 59,700 in April BLS said in Wednesday's report. The metro area'as total non-farm employment in April was up slightly fromthe 1,197,500 employed peoplre in March but down from 1,252,000 in Aprikl 2008. As for other Colorado metro areas, BLS said the Apriol unemployment rate in Bouldertwas 5.7 percent, better than March's 6.3 perceny rate but worse than last April's 3.5 percengt rate. In Fort the April 2009 jobless ratewas 6.1 down from 6.7 percent in Marchg and up from 3.7 percent in April 2008. In the April 2009 rate was 8.1 percent, down from 8.6 percenft in March and up from 4.
5 percen in April 2008, BLS said. Unemployment in all Coloradol metro areas improved in April over but all were much higher than a year as they were in all372 U.S. metro areas in BLS' report. Only 17 of the 372 U.S. citiews saw an increase in totakl employment. State unemployment figuress for May are due to be releasedJune 19, and metro-area figurex for May are due June 30. in PDF format.