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Unemployment Rates Continue to Decrease in Area

Carroll County’s Rate is 3.2 Percent

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Local unemployment rates continue to fall for October and November compared to last year’s numbers.
 
Carroll County’s unemployment rates fell 2.3 percent over the last year from 5.5 percent in November 2020 to 3.2 percent in November 2021. The total labor force numbers 11,908 with 383 unemployed and 11,525 employed for November. That is a 3.2 percent unemployment rate which is down from 3.7 in October for a half-percent decrease.
 
In Henry County, the figures are similar with 446 unemployed out of a work force of 13,202 for a 3.4 percent unemployment rate which is also down from 3.7 percent in October and way down from 5.6 percent in November 2020 for a decrease of 2.2 percent.
 
Weakley County’s figures show 456 unemployed out of a total workforce of 15,677 for a 2.9 percent unemployment rate in November down from 3.2 percent in October. The rate was down considerably from November 2020 when it stood at 4.7 percent.
 
Benton County shows figures of 240 unemployed out of a workforce of 6,558 for a 3.7 percent rate which is lower than October’s rate which showed 4.1 percent unemployed and 5.9 percent in November 2020.
 
Statewide, the figures show 133,507 unemployed out of a workforce of slightly over 3.3 million workers for an unemployment rate of 4 percent. That is down slightly from a 4.2 percent rate in October 2021 and a larger rate of 5.6 percent in November 2020.
 
Nationwide, the unemployment rate is 4.2 percent with just over 6.8 million unemployed out of a total workforce of slightly over 162 million. A decrease from 4.6 percent in October 2021 and a nearly 2 percent decrease from 6.7 percent in November 2020.