The unemployment rate in Genesee County for December was 4.1 percent, according to the New York Department of Labor, which is lower than the December 2017 rate of 5.3 percent.
The rate in November was 3.5 percent.
There are 1,000 more people in the labor force in Genesee County for December, at 30,100, compared to 29,100 a year ago.
Of those 30,100 people, 28,900 reported having jobs.
There are 1,200 people listed as unemployed. That's 300 fewer than a year ago.
There were 16,200 private sector, non-farm jobs reported in Genesee County for December, up 100 jobs from the previous December. Government jobs in the county fell from 5,800 to 5,700.
The unemployment rate for the GLOW region in December was reported at 4.2 percent, down from 5.6 percent a year ago.
The state's unemployment rate is 3.8 percent. The nation's is 3.7 percent.
