Webster County Unemployment Rate Increases Again

For the third month in a row, the unemployment rate in Webster County increased, now standing at a whopping 13% as of November, 2012, up from the 12.1% October rate.

Once again, Webster County had the second highest unemployment rate in the State, second only to Clay County's 14.1% rate. One year ago, Webster's unemployment rate stood at 11.4%.

Statewide, unemployment dropped to 7.3%.

Full county by county unemployment statistics can be found at this link:
http://www.workforcewv.org/LMI/datarel/cnty_PR.pdf