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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.

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.