Jan. unemployment rate was 6.1%

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Hawaii County’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in January, according to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Hawaii County’s unemployment rate was 6.1 percent in January, according to the state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

That’s down from 7.2 percent during the same month last year, but up from the 5.9 percent rate from December.

Statewide, the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in January,

Nationally, the unemployment rate was 6.6 percent.