Wayne County has second highest July unemployment rate

Thursday, September 12, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY -- Although Missouri's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell from 5.4 percent in June to 5.2 percent in July, and the state's unadjusted unemployment rate dropped from 5.5 percent in June to 5.4 percent in July, the Department of Economic Development Department recently reported that Wayne County had the second highest unadjusted unemployment rate in the state - 11.7 percent.

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