FALL RIVER – The city’s unemployment rate dropped again in May, to 6.2 percent, down from 7 percent in April and a reduction from 9.5 percent in January.
With the reduction, Fall River is tied for eighth-highest unemployment in the state. Both New Bedford and North Adams recorded unemployment rates of 6.2 percent, The Herald News reported.
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Of the cities in the state, both Lawrence and Springfield recorded unemployment higher than Fall River. The unemployment rate in Lawrence was 7.2 percent for May; in Springfield it was 7.1 percent.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Massachusetts was 4.2 percent in May. In Rhode Island it was 5.4 percent. •
