Unemployment numbers for April are down in all of the local counties and for the State of Missouri. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development released the unemployment figures that include…
Looking at the area counties, from lowest to highest…
Livingston………. 1.8% – down from 3.1%
Chariton…………. 1.8% – down from 3.2%
Daviess…………. 2.0% – down from 3.3%
Caldwell…………. 2.2% – down from 3.8%
Grundy………….. 2.3% – down from 3.6%
Carroll…………… 2.6% – down from 3.8%
Linn………………. 2.6% – down from 4.1%
Sullivan………….. 2.8% – down from 4.7%
The State of Missouri is at 2.4% – down from 3.6%
And the US unemployment figures also dipped to 3.3%,- down from 3.8% in March.
