Flathead County’s non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 7.9 percent in August.
While the mark is the same as a month prior, it is 2.3 percentage points lower than the same month last year, according to the Montana Department of Labor and Industry.
Meanwhile, Montana’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped slightly in August to 6.3 percent from 6.4 percent the previous month. Sanders County has the highest rate in the state at 12 percent. Fallon County in eastern Montana has the lowest rate at 1.8 percent.
The national unemployment rate is 8.1 percent.
Here are the jobless rates for every Montana county.
Flathead unemployment rates by month:
August 2012: 7.9%
July 2012: 7.9%
June 2012: 8.5%
May 2012: 9.2%
April 2012: 10%
March 2012: 10.7%
February 2012: 10.7%
January 2012: 11.5%
December 2011: 10.6%
November 2011: 10.6%
October 2011: 10.9%
September 2011: 9.9%
August 2011: 10.2%