Genesee County's unemployment rate for May 2013 is the lowest it's been in 57 months, according to data released today by the NYS Department of Labor.
At 6.2 percent, it hasn't been lower since Dec. 2008, when the rate was 5.6 percent.
The previous month, April, Genesee County's rate was reported at 7.1 and a year ago May it was reported at 7.4 percent.
In the prior 18 months, the county's unemployment rate dipped below 7 percent only once.
The lowest rate for the county since the turn of the century was 3.2 percent in October 2000.
The state's unemployment rate is said to be 7.4 percent, down from a year ago but up 1/10th of a percent since April 2013.
The nation's rate is 7.3 percent.
Orleans County is 8.4 percent, Wyoming 7.1 and Livingston 7.1.
The Rochester area's rate is reported at 7.0 and Buffalo at 7.3.
But how much has the work
But how much has the work force shrunk?