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WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate fell last month in more than 80 percent of the nation’s largest metro areas, adding to evidence that the recent pickup in hiring is widespread.
The unemployment rate fell in 303 of the nation’s 372 largest cities in March, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That’s up from the 287 cities that reported a drop the previous month and the best showing since September. The rate rose in 43 cities and was unchanged in 26.
The Denver metro area saw an unemployment rate of 9.3 percent in March, down from 9.7 percent in February.
The largest gains nationally came in professional and business services, which added 5,300 jobs, and education and health services, which added 5,000. Denver Post staff and wire reports
