Monday, June 28, 2010

Unemployment Rate exceeds 20% again

Winston County's unemployment rate jumped back up - over 20% in May. April had seen a slight decline to a rate of 19.3%. MDES indicates that Winston County Unemployment for May 2010 was at 20.6%. This is the third worst rate in the state as only Noxubee and Holmes Counties have higher levels of unemployed.

MDES reports unemployed of 1560 out of a work force of of 7550 in Winston County. There were 117 new unemployment claims in the County for the month of May, 2010.

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