Washington April unemployment rate stays the same

The unemployment rate in Washington state stayed the same at 9.1 percent last month compared with March.

It???s the first time the rate didn???t rise in more than a year, state officials said.

In Seattle, the unemployment rate actually decreased in April to 7.9 percent from 8 percent a month earlier. In April 2008, the unemployment rate in Seattle was 4.3 percent.

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According to the Washington Employment Security Department, there were 200 fewer unemployed people in the state last month compared with March.