Unemployment rates hold steady in NoCo, Boulder Valley

DENVER — The unemployment rates in Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties were unchanged in February compared with January, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment’s monthly jobs report released Friday.

The jobless rate for February in Boulder, Broomfield and Larimer counties was 2.9 percent, while it was 3.1 in Weld County.

Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties were up one-tenth of a percentage point compared with February a year ago, while Boulder County’s unemployment rate increased two-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago.

In Boulder, 185,861 people held jobs in…