Local jobless rates dropped in December

DENVER – The unemployment rate in Boulder and Broomfield counties dropped in December, and Boulder County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate of Colorado’s large counties, according to the latest labor report from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

The rate in Boulder County dropped two-tenths of one percentage point in December to 5.5 percent as the county added 1,340 new jobs, the report said. In Broomfield, the rate dropped two-tenths of one percentage point to 6.6 percent. Employers in Broomfield added 240 jobs.

Both counties outperformed the state, which had a 7.6 percent unemployment rated, down from 7.7 percent…