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Friday, May 16, 2014
(WDNG) - Unemployment rates in Calhoun County tumbled in April while the state’s unemployment rates ticked slightly upward. The Alabama Department of Labor on Friday released employment data for April which shows Calhoun County’s unemployment rate drop to 7 percent, down from the revised 7.8 percent in March and up from the 6.4 percent rate from April 2013.
Calhoun County saw the number of unemployment claims drop last month by more than 400 and also saw the civilian labor force drop by nearly 600. While the unemployment rate dropped across the county, numbers from the state Department of Labor show the number of employed people in Calhoun County fell by more than 200. The state’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted April unemployment rate is 6.9 percent, up from March’s rate of 6.7 percent and higher than the April 2013 rate of 6.5 percent. Labor Commissioner Tom Surtees says that the seasonal adjustment played a role in this month’s unemployment rate increase and only one of Alabama’s 67 counties saw an increase in unemployment rates.
Wage and salary employment increased in April by 10,000 with monthly gains seen in the construction and hospitality sectors. Unemployment in Cleburne County dropped by nearly a full percent in April to 5.4 percent and similar trends were seen in Talladega and Etowah counties.
Shelby County saw the lowest unemployment rate for April at 4.2 percent and Wilcox County saw the highest rate of 15.5 percent.
Surtees said on Friday that the preliminary numbers for April are an estimate and will probably be revised as the season factors become more quantifiable as the year goes on.
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