PROVIDENCE – The Ocean State had the second-highest seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in New England in April at 5.3 percent, behind only Connecticut at 5.7 percent, the state Department of Labor and Training said May 27.
Massachusetts’ unemployment rate was 4.2 percent; Maine, 3.4 percent; Vermont, 3.2 percent; and New Hampshire, 2.6 percent.
Rhode Island also had the 16th-highest unemployment rate in the nation in April, according to the DLT. Alaska and Illinois were tied for the highest rate at 6.6 percent, while South Dakota had the lowest rate at 2.5 percent.
Of the 39 cities and towns in Rhode Island, New Shoreham had the highest seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in April at 19.8 percent, a drop from 21.6 percent in April 2015.
Richmond had the lowest jobless rate in April at 2.9 percent, a drop from 3.4 percent. •
