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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska's insured unemployment rate for the week ending May 5 was 15.8%, down from 16.2% the previous week and 17.8% a year ago. New claims: 366; continuing: 5,163. Rates by area: Anchorage 16.2%, Fairbanks 18.0%, Juneau 8.6%, Ketchikan 11.2%, Nome 34.2%, Petersburg 28.7%, Sitka 5.7%. Reported by Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson.
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JUNEAU (UPI) - Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson said yesterday Alaska's insured unemployment rate for the week ending May 5 was 15.8 per cent, down from the previous week's 16.2 and the 17.8 rate for the same week a year ago.
New unemployment was listed at 366, while continuing unemployment amounted to 5,163, Johnson said.
The insured unemployment rate by area included Anchorage, 16.2 per cent; Fairbanks, 18.0; Juneau, 8.6; Ketchikan, 11.2; Nome, 34.2; Petersburg, 28.7; and Sitka, 5.7.
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Alaska
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Week Ending May 5
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new unemployment: 366; continuing unemployment: 5,163. statewide rate: 15.8%. area rates: anchorage 16.2%, fairbanks 18.0%, juneau 8.6%, ketchikan 11.2%, nome 34.2%, petersburg 28.7%, sitka 5.7%.
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Labor Commissioner Gil Johnson reported Alaska's insured unemployment rate for the week ending May 5 as 15.8 per cent, down from the previous week's 16.2 per cent and 17.8 per cent a year ago. New unemployment listed at 366, continuing at 5,163. Rates by area provided.