Unemployment numbers for October are steady or up across all of the local counties. The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development released the most recent unemployment figures.
Looking at the area counties, from lowest to highest…
Livingston………. 2.7%, up from 2.3% in September
Daviess…………. 2.7%, steady from September
Carroll…………… 3.0%, up from 2.7% in September
Caldwell…………. 3.3%, up from 2.7% in September
Chariton…………. 3.3%, up from 2.9% in September
Grundy………….. 3.3%, up from 3.1% in September
Sullivan………….. 3.9%, up from 3.5% in September
Linn………………. 4.0%, up from 3.9% in September
The State of Missouri is at 3.4%, up from 3.0%.
The US unemployment figure is at 3.9%, holding steady.