N.C. unemployment falls for fourth consecutive month

07/16/2010 11:31 AM

By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff

 

RALEIGH -- North Carolina unemployment numbers are down for a fourth straight month. The jobless rate fell to 10 percent in June from 10.4 percent in May.
Since February, the state has added more than 45,000 jobs.
In June, the number of unemployed workers in the state decreased by more than 20,000 to more than 454,000. Since this time a year ago, that number has decreased by close to 44,000.
County-by-county unemployment rates for June will be released next Friday.