JOBLESS RATE UP IN STATE, COUNTY
Thursday, March 18th, 2010 -- 8:30 AM
Unemployment is up in all 72 Wisconsin counties and in all of the largest cities ? and Clark Count?s jobless rate is one of the highest in the state.The state [url=http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/dwd/newsreleases/ui_local_default.pdf]Department of Workforce Development reports[/url] (.pdf) the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Wisconsin in January was 8.7%. The national rate was 9.7%
Rusk County had the highest unemployment at 14.3% followed by Iron County at 13.8%. More than half of the state's counties, 44, had double-digit unemployment for the month.
Closer to home, the unemployment rate for Clark County shot up to 12.3% from 10.2% in December. The county?s rank is now 15th worst in the state, up from 21st in December.
Elsewhere, Eau Claire County had the 2nd best unemployment rate (7.6%); Jackson County has a rate of 11.1%; Taylor County has the 3rd highest rate (13.7%) and Wood County has the 39th highest (10.3%).
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