PHOENIX — Graham County saw its biggest decline in the jobless rate in four years.
That’s according to data released last week by the Arizona Office of Economic Opportunity.
Unemployment in Graham County fell seven-tenths of a point in September, to 4.3 percent. The last time unemployment fell that much in Graham County was November 2022.
Greenlee County’s jobless rate decreased five-tenths of a percentage point in September, to 3.1 percent. Greenlee remains the only county in the state with a jobless rate under 4 percent, and September marks the 56th month in a row that Greenlee had the state’s lowest unemployment.
The unemployment rate in Cochise County dropped one full percentage point in September, to 5.8 percent.
Arizona’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate increased remained flat in September, at 4.9 percent, while the national unemployment rate increased one-tenth of a point to 4.2 percent.
Job gains were reported in five economic sectors: Government (up 22,200 jobs); private educational services (up 5,400 jobs); trade, transportation and utilities (up 2,000 jobs); leisure and hospitality (up 700 jobs); and natural resources and mining (up 100 jobs).
Reporting job losses were health care and social assistance (down 2,400 jobs), construction (down 1,900 jobs), financial activities (down 1,100 jobs), professional and business services (down 800 jobs), manufacturing (down 700 jobs) and information (down 600 jobs).
