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Friday, December 20, 2013
By: Michael Dean Smith
(WDNG) - Unemployment rates in the area dropped in November as the civilian labor force grew. Numbers from the Alabama Department of Labor released on Friday show Calhoun County unemployment dropped last month, from 7.3 percent in October to 6.1 percent on November.
The civilian labor force in the county also grew by almost 300 people.
Every Alabama county saw unemployment numbers drop between October and November. Gov. Robert Bentley said in a release on Friday that statewide numbers show signs that residents are “getting back to work in both rural and urban areas of Alabama.”
Seasonally adjusted numbers show unemployment rates statewide dropped to 6.2 percent in November. July and August of this year also saw statewide unemployment rates of 6.2 percent. The last time Alabama saw unemployment rates any lower was in October 2008, when the rate was 5.9 percent.
Cleburne County saw their unemployment drop to 5 percent, nearly a full percentage point lower than October’s rate. Rates in Etowah County dropped to 5.5 percent in November, and St. Clair and Talladega counties saw rates drop to 4.7 and 6.1 percent, respectively.
Shelby County saw the lowest unemployment rate in November at 3.6 percent, and Wilcox County saw the highest unemployment rate at 13.9 percent. Bentley says the long-term trend and Alabama’s unemployment rate is encouraging news for Alabamians who want a job but added efforts to recruit jobs to the state will continue.
(Photo: Office of Alabama Governor Robert J. Bentley | http://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2013/12/Map.pdf)
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