Unemployment rate drops in area, state

DENVER – The local and state unemployment rates dropped in September, with the Colorado rate falling two tenths of a percentage point to 8 percent, according to a report issued Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

The not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Boulder County dropped as well, falling to 5.7 percent in September from 6.1 percent in August and 5.9 percent in September 2011.

Broomfield County posted a smaller drop, with the rate falling one tenth of a percentage point in September to 7 percent. In September 2011, unemployment in Broomfield was 7.2 percent.

In Colorado in September 2011, the…