Wednesday, January 7, 2009

North Carolina's unemployment rate rose in every county in November 2008

According to the AP, every single one of North Carolina's 100 counties saw an increase in their unemployment rate in November 2008.

The hardest hit county was Edgecombe county with 13.3% unemployment, and Rocky Mount was the metro-area with the highest unemployment at 10.9%.

Durham had the states lowest unemployment rate at 5.8%.

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