The January 2010 Labor Force Statistics for Pontotoc County are now available. The unemployment rate for January was 5.7%, which was down a percentage point from January 2009, but up 0.7% from December. The area labor force size was 20,863 which is a decline from December but an increase over this time last year.
County labor force statistics are not seasonally adjusted and part of the increase in the unemployment rate can be accounted for by seasonal employment.
Posted on
Fri, April 2, 2010
by Ann Marie Miller