Unemployment rates throughout most of Pennsylvania rose a little in May, according to new data from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis. Rates in Butler County and its neighboring counties also increased.

New data shows unemployment rates rose in most Pennsylvania counties in May, and Butler County wasn't spared.

The county's rate rose from 3.2 percent in April to 3.6 percent in May, according to new numbers released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry's Center for Workforce Information and Analysis. It wasn't alone: of the state's 67 counties, 54 showed rate increases in May, according to the center's analyst Lauren Riegel.

“It really wasn't restricted to the Pittsburgh area,” Riegel said. “It was pretty widespread across the state.”

This is an excerpt — pick up Wednesday's Butler Eagle to find out which factors may have brought about the change.