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Jobless rates rise in Greater Hickory Metro

By John Dayberry | Hickory Daily Record

Published: June 26, 2009

HICKORY - Unemployment in the Greater Hickory Metro was 15.4 percent in May, up from 14.9 percent in April.
The region had the highest jobless rate among the state's 14 metropolitan statistical areas.
Catawba County's unemployment rate was 15.5 percent in May, up from 15 percent in April.
Other area rates for May were 15.6 percent in Alexander County, up from 14.7 percent in April; 14.9 percent in Burke County, up from 14.6 percent in April; and 15.6 percent in Caldwell County, up from 14.9 percent in April.
Unemployment rates increased in 82 of North Carolina's 100 counties in May, according to statistics released today by the N.C. Employment Security Commission.
Currituck County had the state's lowest unemployment rate in May, at 6.3 percent. Scotland County had the highest jobless rate, at 17. 2 percent.
See the full story in Saturday's Hickory Daily Record.