Alabama Unemployment Rate Up In March

Alabama Dallas Alabama's unemployment rate rose to 9% in March. Click here to see a county by county breakdown.
by The Associated Press
Published: Fri, April 17, 2009 - 9:41 am CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama's unemployment rate rose to 9
percent in March.
The state Department of Industrial Relations says that is up
from 8.4 percent in February.
The March rate represents more than 193,000 unemployed
Alabamians.
The department says the counties with the highest unemployment
rates are Wilcox at 22.5 percent, Dallas and Chambers at 18.1
percent, and Lowndes at 17.6 percent.
The counties with the lowest rates are Shelby at 6.3 percent,
Madison at 6.5 percent and Coffee at 7.1 percent.
Find the unemplyment number for your county.


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