The percentage of local residents without a job continued to decrease throughout the Raccoon River Valley last month.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Dallas County’s unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percent to 2.7 in May.  Greene County saw a three-tenths of a percent drop to 3.9 percent last month and Guthrie County’s unemployment rate dropped two-tenths to 3.3 percent.

All three counties are faring better now than they were this time last year, when unemployment rates ranged between 3.2 and 4.1 percent locally.

The statewide unemployment rate remained steady in May at 3.8 percent, while national unemployment rate is 5.5 percent.