Unemployment numbers for June are down 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………. 1.7%, down from 2.1%
Chariton…………. 1.8%, down from 2.1%
Daviess…………. 2.0%, down from 2.3%
Sullivan………….. 2.2%, down from 2.9%
Grundy………….. 2.3%, down from 2.8%
Carroll…………… 2.4%, down from 2.8%
Caldwell…………. 2.5%, down from 2.7%
Linn………………. 2.5%, down from 3.0%
The State of Missouri is at 2.4% – a decrease from May’s rate of 2.8%
And the US unemployment figures continue to rise to 3.8%, up from 3.43% in May.
