Unemployment rates declined in all three of Maine's major urban areas in April. The federal Bureau of Labor Statisticssays Bangor saw its jobless rate fall from 2.6% to 2.1%. Lewiston-Auburn saw joblessness drop from 3% in March to 2.3% in April. And Portland-South Portland's unemployment rate fell from 2.4% to just 1.8%
Last year in April, the unemployment rates were 2.8% for Bangor and Lewiston-Auburn; and 2.4% for Portland-South Portland.