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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- New figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show Utah has lost about 26,000 jobs over the past year.
An employment report released Tuesday says Utah's unemployment rate grew to 5.1 percent in February, up from 3.3 percent in February 2008 -- a 1.8 percent increase.
Nationally, the unemployment rate is 8.1 percent.
Overall about 70,400 Utahns were unemployed in February 2009, dropping the total number of people employed in nonfarm wage and salaried positions to about 1.2 million statewide. About 45,000 Utahns were unemployed in February 2008.
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