The State of Arizona's unemployment rate for September was published at 8.2%. This is a 0.1% reduction from the previous month and matches the lowest rates in Arizona for 2012. In September, there were an estimated 245,200 unemployed people in Arizona. This is a drop of about 4,600 people from August. Also, there was an increase of about 8,400 to the number of employed in the state and an additional boost of approximately 3,800 in the overall workforce. Taken together these results caused the 0.1% drop in the unemployment rate in Arizona this month. In comparison to the national rate, however, Arizona's 8.2% September rates is still moderately higher than the U.S. average of 7.8%.
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