Unemployment numbers for May are up across the board. 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………. 2.1%, up from 1.8%
Chariton…………. 2.1%, up from 1.8%
Daviess…………. 2.3%, up from 2.0%
Caldwell…………. 2.7%, up from 2.2%
Grundy………….. 2.8%, up from 2.3%
Carroll…………… 2.8%, up from 2.6%
Sullivan………….. 2.9%, up from 2.8%
Linn………………. 3.0%, up from 2.6%
The State of Missouri is at 2.8% – an increase from April’s rate of 2.4%
And the US unemployment figures inched higher to 3.4%, up from 3.3% in April.
