The unemployment rate in the Washington, D.C., metro area fell to 6.7% in September, down from 6.9% in August, but that’s compared to an unemployment rate in the Washington region of just 2.9% a year ago.
As of the end of September, 222,533 D.C.-area residents were considered unemployed, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 14,471 fewer than the previous month.
Compared to a year ago, unemployment rates in September were higher in 388 of the 389 metropolitan statistical areas that the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks.
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