Oregon’s Counties Continue to See Unemployment Rates Decline

May 23, 2016 | Research Division of the Oregon Employment Department |

Benton County had Oregon’s lowest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April 2016 at 3.4 percent. Grant County (7.8%) registered the highest rate for the month. Ten of Oregon’s counties had unemployment rates at or below the statewide rate of 4.5 percent and 16 were at or below the national rate of 5.0 percent. Sherman and Curry counties saw their unemployment rates improve over the year by

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