Genesee County's unemployment rate dropped from 6.7 to 6.0 percent from last March to this March, according to the latest data from the NYS Department of Labor.
At the same time, the total number of local residents who are employed, and the total number of local residents who are unemployed, both declined.
There are now 27,500 people with jobs in the county, according to the data, compared to 27,700 in March 2014.
There are 1,800 people listed as unemployed, compared to 2,000 a year ago.
The total number of non-farm jobs in the county rose from 22,000 to 22,100.
The number of non-farm jobs in March 2015 increased from the previous month by 200.
The total number of manufacturing jobs has remained steady during the time period at 3,000. Goods-producing jobs have held steady at 3,800.
The national unemployment rate is 5.6 percent and the state's is 5.8.
In the Rochester area, the rate is 5.5 percent, and in Buffalo, 5.9.
The rate in Orleans County, 7.2, Livingston, 5.5, and Wyoming, 7.4.
must have to do with the
must have to do with the opening of Marshall's and Kohls.....
There are lies, damned lies
There are lies, damned lies and statistics. Sam Clemens was so, so right.
The devil is in the definitions. If you don't have a job, you are not actually unemployed unless you are receiving unemployment insurance. Which ends and is not available to everyone who no longer has employment: Then you are in another category which is not unemployed. You may want a job, you may be seeking work, but you are not actually "unemployed".
The lie in statistics is that the generator gets to define the universe used to generate the handy dandy number. If you don't think that the politicians make sure to manipulate that process, I have a bridge that you may be interested in buying.
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