The Tulsa metropolitan area unemployment rate fell slightly in August, landing at 4.9 percent.

That’s down from 5.0 in July and up from 4.2 percent in April.

The Tulsa metro area added 800 jobs from July and 3,700 over the year.

Tulsa unemployment rate is second highest among the state’s four metropolitan areas. Lawton was the highest at 5.0 percent. Oklahoma City was 4.3 and Enid was 3.9 percent.

The highest unemployment rate in the state’s 77 counties was McIntosh with 8.3 percent while Grady County claimed the lowest rate at 2.6 percent.

Unemployment rates were lower than a year ago in 62 of 77 counties, according to the latest numbers from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

Mike Averill 918-581-8489 mike.averill@tulsaworld.com Twitter: @Mike_Averill

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