Unemployment decreased in September

DENVER – The unemployment rate in the Boulder-Longmont area decreased seventh-tenths of a percentage point to 5.9, and the rate decreased nine-tenths of a percentage point to 6.9 in Broomfield for September compared with August, according to a report released Friday by the Department of Labor and Employment.

The rates are based on nonseasonally adjusted numbers.

According to the state’s survey of households, a different metric, Colorado’s unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 8.3 percent. The national unemployment rate was unchanged over the same period at 9.1 percent.

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In the Boulder-Longmont metropolitan statistical area, the number of unemployed decreased to 10,275 in September, compared with 11,219 in August, and 11, 527 in September of last year.

In Broomfield, the number of unemployed in September was 2,127, compared with 2,379 in August and 2,352 in September 2010.