The local unemployment rates for July have been released by the New York State Department of Labor.

The unemployment rate in the Utica-Rome area last month was 4.5 percent.  That's down from 5.4 percent in July 2015.

The statewide unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.7 percent in July.

The state's private sector job count increased by 126,900 from July 2015 to July 2016.

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