Michigan jobless rate edges down

5/19/2011

LANSING — Michigan's unemployment rate fell to 10.2 percent last month from 10.3 percent in April, the Department of Technology, Management & Budget reported Wednesday.

The state rate also fell 0.1 percentage point in April from March. But the state rate remains above the national rate of 9 percent.

Michigan's rate stood at 13.1 percent in April 2010.