Md. Jobless Rate in May Dips to 7.5%
MarylandÛªs unemployment rate dropped in May to 7.5 per cent, slightly below the post-World War II peak of 7.7 per cent it had reached a month earlier.</br></br>The state Human Resources Department, which issued the new figures this week, said the decline in the unemployment rate was caused mainly by substantial improvement in employment in western Mary-| land and on the Eastern Shore.</br></br>In Prince GeorgeÛªs and Montgomery counties, the unemployment rate went up slightly in May but still was relatively lowÛÓ4.4 per cent in Montgomery and 5.1 per cent in Prince GeorgeÛªs.</br></br>The rate also rose in Baltimore City to 11.9 per cent, compared to 11.6 per cent in April and 5.7 per cent a year ago.</br></br>For the Baltimore metropolitan area as a whole, the unemployment rate hit 8.9 per cent, up from 8.6 per cent in