Delaware’s July seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July 2017 rose to 4.8 percent from 4.7 percent, the Delaware Department of Labor reported.
July marked the 11th straight month without a decline in the First State’s jobless rate.
in June 2017. There were 22,900 unemployed Delawareans in July 2017 compared to 20,600 in July 2016.
The U.S. unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in July 2017, down from 4.4 percent in June 2017. In July 2016 the U.S. unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, while Delaware’s rate was 4.4 percent.
In July 2017, seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment was 455,800 up from 454,700 in June 2017. Since July 2016, Delaware’s total nonfarm jobs have increased by a net gain of 2,900, a rise of 0.6 percent. Nationally, jobs during that period increased 1.5 percent.
The state’s unemployment rate is now a half point above where it began the year and a half-point above the national rate of 4.3 percent.
Nineteen other states reported an unemployment rate higher than the national figure and eight other states had an unemployment rate that was higher than at the end of last year.
The department noted that there is no clear link between the states where rates have dropped the most (Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan and West Virginia).
The last drop in unemployment in Delaware came in August of last year.
The department noted that periods with stable or higher unemployment rates in Delaware do not necessarily accompany a recession.During all of 2012 and all of 1995 and most of 1996, the state’s unemployment rate never dropped, but no recession followed.
During all of 2012 and all of 1995 and most of 1996, the state’s unemployment rate never dropped, but no recession followed.
In three other instances (1980, 2001 and 2007) recessions did come after periods increases or no decline in the jobless rate, the labor department reported.
