Orange County’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in May from a revised 3.7% in April, and was below 3.7% in May last year, according to the state’s Employment Development Department. The state’s unemployment rate was 4.7% while the U.S.’s was 4.1%. Nonfarm OC employment rose to 1.69 million, up 5,500 jobs.

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