JUST IN: Alabama unemployment rate drops to new historic low of 2.2%
“Yet again, we see the resiliency of our state’s workforce. When Alabama works, Alabama families thrive and records are broken time and time again,” Ivey said.
The April rate represents 51,462 unemployed Alabamians, which is also a new record low. The April figure is down from 53,017 in March and 57,712 a year earlier when the unemployment rate was 2.5%. The state has hit a new record of 2,293,022 people in the workforce. Most gains came in the leisure and hospitality sector , the financial activities sector and the private education and health services sector, according to state data.
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