Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Magoffin County Has Highest Jobless Rate In Kentucky.
A ccording to Workforce Kentucky the unemployment rate rose for the second consecutive month for counties in the Big Sandy District.
District wide the jobless rate is 7.6 percent. Pike County has the lowest at 6.8 percent, followed by Floyd and Johnson at 7.6 percent, Martin 8.9 percent and Magoffin County’s jobless rate of 11.8 percent is the highest in the district and the commonwealth.
District wide the jobless rate is 7.6 percent. Pike County has the lowest at 6.8 percent, followed by Floyd and Johnson at 7.6 percent, Martin 8.9 percent and Magoffin County’s jobless rate of 11.8 percent is the highest in the district and the commonwealth.
# posted by Joe Kinzer @ 5:30 PM 
