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PORT ANGELES – Clallam County’s unemployment rate fell last month.

According to the state Employment Security Department, the local unemployment rate went down more than one full percentage point to 7.7 percent in March.

In February the rate was at 8.8 percent. This March’s rate is half a percent higher than it was in March of last year.

The number of people unemployed in the county dropped by more than 400 people between February and March. The labor force dropped by about 200 people in the same period.

Jefferson County’s unemployment rate stood at 6.7 percent in March. Statewide, the unemployment rate is at 5.2 percent.

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