Regional unemployment continues downward push

DENVER — Jobless rates across the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado ticked down in December, further evidence of the regions’ economic comeback from the COVID-19 downturn.

Statewide, the December seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.3%.

The Colorado figure has fluctuated only slightly between 3.3% and 3.6% since last April. 

Locally, Boulder County led the way in December with a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.2%, down from 2.6% in November. Broomfield and Larimer counties posted December rates of 2.4%, down from 2.8%. Weld County’s rate dropped to 3% last month from 3.5% in November. 

The jobless rates in…