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Unemployment Drops Across Northwoods, State

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Local unemployment has taken a dramatic downward turn in the Northwoods, following a statewide trend.

Numbers released by the state Wednesday, indicate unemployment in the Northwoods is at 3.6 percent in Price county, 3.9 percent in Lincoln county, 4.1 percent in Oneida, , 4.6 percent in Langlade county,4.7 percent in Vilas, 5.2 Forest, and 6.4 percent in Iron county. All of those rates are one to two points lower than September of  2014.

State economist Scott Hodek says while the jobless rates are dropping the number of workers leaving the workforce is a factor....

".....the trend is picking up as the Baby Boomers are leaving the labor force. As the unemployment rate is a percentage of the total labor force, if the total labor force. If the total labor force goes down mathematically, you tend to see rates drop...."

Menominee county has the state's highest rate at 7.6 percent. Dane county had the state's lowest rate at 2.7 percent. 12 counties had a rate at 3 percent or below.

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