LAS VEGAS (AP) — The unemployment rate in Clark County fell to 6.6 percent in May, hitting its lowest level since May 2008.
The Las Vegas Sun reports the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation reported Tuesday that more than 4,700 more people had jobs in May than in April, when the unemployment rate was more than 7 percent.
The jobless rates in the Reno-Sparks area and in Carson City both fell to below 7 percent. Economist at the department, Bill Anderson, says this is the first time that all three metro areas, have reached that level.
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According to the report, county unemployment rates range from 3.8 percent in Esmeralda County to 10.7 percent in Mineral County.