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The unemployment rate for March dropped in 99 of North Carolina’s 100 counties. The unemployment rate was down in the Triangle, falling from 7.5% in February to 7.1% in March, while Wake County’s rate fell to 6.9%. Orange County logged the state’s lowest unemployment rate in March at 5.6%. To read more visit WRAL.com.