HONOLULU -- The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reported Hawaii has the sixth lowest unemployment rate in the nation.

The department announced Tuesday that the islands' seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June was 6.3 percent, down from 6.6 percent in May.

SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT
-	June 2010	May 2010	June 2009
Hawaii	6.3 percent	6.6 percent	7.0 percent
National	9.5 percent	9.7 percent	9.5 percent

Nationally, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 9.5 percent in June from 9.7 percent in May.

There were 596,000 employed and 40,350 unemployed Hawaii residents in June, for a total seasonally adjusted labor force of 636,350, state officials said.

NOT SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
Island	June 2010	May 2010	June 2009
Honolulu	5.8 percent	5.2 percent	6.6 percent
Big Island	10.4 percent	9.6 percent	10.9 percent
Kauai	9.1 percent	8.5 percent	10.5 percent
Maui	8.4 percent	8.0 percent	9.1 percent
Molokai	12.2 percent	12.7 percent	16.1 percent
Lanai	7.9 percent	5.8 percent	10.7 percent