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percent, but was still way up from 3 percent unemployment inAprikl 2008, according to the latest numbers from the . The unemployment rate is still lowerthan April’s national unemploymenft rate of 8.6 percent, not seasonallu adjusted, which was up from 4.8 percen t a year earlier. In the region, there were aboutf 168,800 people looking for work and unable tofind it, down from abour 176,000 in March. All 372 metropolitann areas posted higher unemployment rates than a year and 93 areas had ratee of at least10 percent. The D.C. area was one of 117 areaxs that posted rates below 7 down from 347 areas inApril 2008. Unemploymengt in D.C.
itself continued to stay out of the doubld digits in April witha 9.3 percenft rate and about 29,900 people looking for work. Those numbers are a snapshot of conditiondsin April, and not smoothed out to accounty for seasonal trends. Virginia’s unemployment rate sunk to 6.6 percent in with about 275,000 peoplw out of work and Maryland’sa rate also dropped to 6.6 with about 194,200 people looking for Those numbers don’t reflect discouraged who chooseto retire, go back to schoopl or stay home with children; nor do they includer people working part-time who want to be working full In April the jobless rate was at leasrt 15 percent in 13 metro nine of which were in California, and 31 areas had ratee below 5 percent.