Unemployment Rate Down in Sharon

Fewer Sharon residents received unemployment assistance in February than did in January, according to recent statistics released by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

The February unemployment rate in Febraury this year was 4.4 percent (or 412 people), down from 5.2 percent (492people) in January. The rate in February 2012 was 4.4 percent (455 people).

Statewide, the February unemployment rate was 6.8 percent, down from 7.4 percent in January and 7.3 percent in February 2012.

The national unemployment rate for February was 7.7 percent, down from 7.9 percent in January and 8.3 percent in February 2012.