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The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Colorado inched up to 5.2 percent in July, the highest the jobless rate has been since June 2005, according to state labor officials.
That’s essentially unchang ed from 5.1 percent in June, but up from 3.8 percent in July 2007.
The national unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in July 2008.
State labor department head Donald Mares said a scarcity of jobs in construction, trade and other sectors that might hire young people in the summer contributed to the rise.
The labor department said about 144,100 residents unsuccessfully looked for work in July, up by nearly 41,000 from a year ago.
First-time unemployment claims were up 14 percent this year through July from the same period last year.
