Dan Fischer posted on August 22, 2012 09:27
The Buffalo-Niagara Region unemployment rate hits 9-percent, the highest for a July in 22 years.
In Genesee County, the unemployment rate for July was down, 3-tenths of a percent from the month earlier.
Figures released by the NYS Dept. of labor:
| County Unemployment Rates: Released Aug 22, 2012 |
| County |
July 2012 |
June 2012 |
July2011 |
| Genesee |
7.4 |
7.7 |
6.9 |
| Wyoming |
8.2 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
| Orleans |
11.3 |
10.6 |
9.2 |