In the Raleigh, Cary metro area, the local unemployment rate is 5.3 percent down from 5.4 percent.
In Durham the unemployment rate is 5.2 percent, also down from 5.4 percent.
In Rocky Mount were the jobless rates are some of the highest in the states, the unemployment numbers dropped in the month of September to 9.6 percent from 9.9 in august.