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May 21, 2012 | last updated May 22, 2012 10:56 am

Unemployment rate flat in April

Maine's unemployment rate in April was unchanged from March, holding steady at a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.2%. However, it did fall from 7.7% from last April.

A total of 51,200 Mainers were unemployed in April, down 3,000 from April 2011, according to The Associated Press. Not-seasonally adjusted rates in the state ranged from 11.2% in Washington County and 5.7% in Cumberland County.

The national, seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.1%.

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