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For the Raleigh-Cary metropolitan statistica area, which includes Wake, Johnston and Franklin the unemployment rate in Aprilwas 8.3 up from 3.4 percent a year ago, but down from 8.7 percent in March. For the Durham-Chapel Hill MSA, which includezs Durham, Orange, Chatham and Person counties, the rate for Apri was 7.3 percent, up from 3.6 percen a year ago, but down from 7.6 perceng in March. The numbers are not seasonallty adjusted, so month-to-month changex are not an accurate reflection of changes in the work but year-over-year changes are. The combinee Raleigh-Durham area’s unemployment rate for April checked inat 8.
2 Though the rate is one of the highestf in the Triangle over the past 25 years, the area stilk is faring much better than the state’s othee two major metros. The Charlotte area’s unemploymenft stood at 12.1 percent in while the jobless rate inthe Greensboro-Winston-Salem area was 11 The Triangle’s three core counties each rank among North Carolina’s best in terma of employment. Orange County has the state’s lowestr rate, at 5.8 percent unemployment. Durham County was not far behind, posting the third lowestg unemployment rateat 7.3 percent. And Wake Countyg came in eighthwith 7.
9 percent The Durham-Chapel Hill MSA lost 4,100 jobs over the previous 12 Growth in government and education and health which added 7,500 jobs to the were offset by losses in manufacturingv and trade, which lost a combined 6,700 compared to Apripl 2008. In the Raleigh-Cary MSA, 17,100 jobs were lost between Apriol 2008 andApril 2009. The bulk of thoswe losses were felt inmanufacturingb (3,300 jobs lost), trade, transportation and utilities (3,700 jobs professional and business services (4,200 jobs lost) and natura resources, mining and construction (8,900 jobs lost). Gains of 2,700o government jobs and 1,8090 services jobs did little to counterthose declines.
Of the state’s 100 counties, 83 saw theie jobless rates fall month-to-month. In the only Chatham County did not havea month-to-montj decline. The unemployment rate there held steady at8