At the start of February, the unemployment rates reached 3.9%, up from 3.7% at the start of January but below the figure of 4.2% report last year at this time. The unemployment rate nationally for January was 4.2%.
The county with the lowest unemployment was Yavapai County, in northwestern Arizona, with a rate of just 2.6%. Prescott, which lies about 100 miles north of Phoenix, is the largest city in Yavapai County. Yuma County, which in the very southwestern corner of the state, posted the highest unemployment rate at 24.9%.
The unemployment rate in Phoenix at the start of February was 2.7%, up slightly from the start of January. Valley economists say that the up-tick is a normal seasonal adjustment, when a number of businesses shed employees brought on during the year-end holiday rush.
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