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Home My WebLink About05-11, FYI on MT jobless rate.pdf FYI Montana jobless rate dips to 7.3% Slightly fewer people were out of work in April as Montana's unemployment rate dipped 0.1% to sit at 7.3% for the month. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate increased by 0.2% to 9.0%. "Continued private sector job growth of over 1,300 jobs lowered the unemployment rate for the month," said MT Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly. "Total employment has increased every month since the start of the year, indicating that Montana economy is firmly on the path to recovery." The estimate for the total number of Montanans who are working increased by 1,308 jobs, while the number of unemployed decreased by 217 people, according to state figures released Friday. Here are the April unemployment rates for all counties in Montana. April 2011 County Labor Force Statistics Non-Seasonally Adjusted Preliminary Area Labor Force Employed Unemployed Rate Montana 500,247 463,159 37,088 7.4 Beaverhead 5,240 4,917 323 6.2 Big Horn 5,379 4,755 624 11.6 Blaine 2,804 2,607 197 7.0 Broadwater 2,336 2,163 173 7.4 Carbon 5,365 5,033 332 6.2 Carter 655 624 31 4.7 Cascade 41,233 38,676 2,557 6.2 Chouteau 2,572 2,457 115 4.5 Custer 6,183 5,914 269 4.4 Daniels 727 699 28 3.9 Dawson 4,249 4,088 161 3.8 Deer Lodge 4,152 3,816 336 8.1 Fallon 1,986 1,933 53 2.7 Fergus 6,079 5,697 382 6.3 Flathead 43,513 38,005 5,508 12.7 Gallatin 46,887 43,489 3,398 7.2 Garfield 612 584 28 4.6 Glacier 5,791 5,062 729 12.6 Golden Valley 484 465 19 3.9 Granite 1,261 1,109 152 12.1 Hill 8,784 8,251 533 6.1 Jefferson 6,140 5,801 339 5.5 Judith Basin 1,078 1,015 63 5.8 Lake 11,483 10,223 1,260 11.0 Lewis & Clark 34,951 33,076 1,875 5.4 Liberty 697 666 31 4.4 Lincoln 7,938 6,553 1,385 17.4 McCone 1,089 1,058 31 2.8 Madison 3,853 3,537 316 8.2 Meagher 791 706 85 10.7 Mineral 1,890 1,663 227 12.0 Missoula 57,150 52,933 4,217 7.4 Musselshell 2,516 2,362 154 6.1 Park 8,018 7,290 728 9.1 Petroleum 222 209 13 5.9 Phillips 2,313 2,149 164 7.1 Pondera 2,514 2,332 182 7.2 Powder River 903 856 47 5.2 Powell 2,846 2,550 296 10.4 Prairie 570 535 35 6.1 Ravalli 17,908 16,130 1,778 9.9 Richland 5,857 5,661 196 3.3 Roosevelt 4,345 3,996 349 8.0 Rosebud 4,117 3,813 304 7.4 Sanders 4,369 3,651 718 16.4 Sheridan 1,692 1,620 72 4.3 Silver Bow 17,989 16,864 1,125 6.3 Stillwater 4,239 3,984 255 6.0 Sweet Grass 2,137 2,056 81 3.8 Teton 2,967 2,797 170 5.7 Toole 2,471 2,348 123 5.0 Treasure 411 389 22 5.4 Valley 3,539 3,363 176 5.0 Wheatland 1,017 954 63 6.2 Wibaux 564 543 21 3.7 Yellowstone 83,374 79,132 4,242 5.1