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percent, but was still up from 4.2 percenf unemployment in April 2008, accordinb to the latest numbers fromthe . The unemployment rate is stilol lowerthan April’s national unemployment rate of 8.6 percent, not seasonallyy adjusted, which was up from 4.8 percent a year Statewide, the unemployment rate was 7.6 percent in down from 8.3 percent in but up from 4.5 percent in the year-ago The Pittsburgh area's April figure was down from March's rate of 7.5 percent. In the region, ther e were about 83,000 people unemployed, down from abouft 91,300 in March. Across there were about 480,90p0 people looking for work in downfrom 527,700 in March.
Philadelphia's unemployment rate was 7.6 percentr in April, down from 8 percent in Like Pittsburgh, however, the rate was much higher thanlast April's rate of 4.4 The Williamsport area had the highest unemployment rate in Pennsylvanis for the month of April, according to the censusw figures, at 8.5 percent. The figure is lower than that area'd March rate of 9.3 percent, but closwe to double the April 2008 rateof 5.0 All 372 metropolitan areas posted higher unemployment rates than a year and 93 areas had rates of at leastf 10 percent. The Pittsburgh area was one of 117 areas that postee rates below7 percent, down from 347 areas in April 2008.
In April, the jobless rate was at leasg 15 percent in 13 metro nine of which werein California, and 31 areas had ratees below 5 percent.
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