June 4, 2010
U.S. Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly
By Brandon Butler
The national unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent to 9.7 percent last month while 431,000 new jobs were created, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Most of the jobs, about 411,000, were temporary workers hired by the government to help complete the 2010 Census. Private sector employment only grew by 41,000 jobs.
The manufacturing sector gained about 29,000 jobs last month while health-care companies added about 8,000 jobs. Construction reversed two months of job gains and shed 35,000 jobs last month.
About 6.8 million Americans, which make up almost half of the country's unemployed population, have been out of work for more than 27 weeks.
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