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Jobless Rate Drops to 4% in Delaware

Don Rush

The jobless rate in Delaware fell to 4 percent last month.

For the first time in a decade the number of unemployed residents fell below 20,000.

WBOC reports that was in 2008 there were 19,499 were without a job.

In addition, the time of being out work was shorter with male workers experiencing 19 week of unemployment while women averaged 26 weeks over the last year.

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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.