Despite a continued low unemployment rate for the state, Clarke County and other southwest counties continue to have high rates. For December, Clarke County had the second highest rate in the state at 6.6%, just behind neighbor Wilcox County with the highest rate, 9.1%. The statewide average was 2.8%, up just slightly from November’s 2.7% and well below December 2021’s rate of 3.1%. December’s rate represents 63,412 unemployed persons, compared to 63,004 in November and 69,434 in December 2021. People counted as employed rose over the year by 56,418 to 2,229,259. “As we close out our economic reporting for 2022,...

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