While the statewide jobless rate dipped to 10.7 percent last month, one in four Rhode Island municipalities still reported at least 11 percent unemployment, according to data from the Department of Labor and Training.

The highest unemployment rates come from many of the cash-strapped urban communities (Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence and Woonsocket are all above 12 percent), but rural parts of the state haven’t been spared by an economy that University of Rhode Island economist Dr. Leonard Lardaro describes as shifting “into a lower gear” (Charlestown, Burrillville and Scituate are all at least 11 percent).

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