(AP) -- Michigan's unemployment rate has continued to drop while total employment is largely unchanged.
The seasonally adjusted figure for June released Wednesday by the state Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth is 13.2 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from May.
Unemployment declined by 21,000 people in June but total employment increased only 1,000. Michigan's labor force fell by 20,000 during the month - the first monthly drop in 2010.
U.S. unemployment decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.5 percent during the same month-to-month period.
State labor department officials say the monthly jobless rate has declined because fewer Michigan workers are actively looking for jobs.
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