(Deming) -- Luna County's unemployment rate was down in August, although we still top the state in the number of residents out of work.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions show Luna County with an August unemployment rate of 13.1%.
That figure is down from the July revised rate of 16.5%, and down from last August’s rate of 14.1%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 11.8%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%. Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe at 8.8%, and McKinley and Taos – both with 8.4%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.5% unemployment in August, Hidalgo County had 6%, and the Las Cruces area had 6.5%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.3%.
The state unemployment rate for August – at 6.5% – was down slightly from the July revised rate of 6.6%. The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 13,735 – with 11,941 employed and 1,794 unemployed.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions show Luna County with an August unemployment rate of 13.1%.
That figure is down from the July revised rate of 16.5%, and down from last August’s rate of 14.1%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 11.8%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%. Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe at 8.8%, and McKinley and Taos – both with 8.4%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.5% unemployment in August, Hidalgo County had 6%, and the Las Cruces area had 6.5%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.3%.
The state unemployment rate for August – at 6.5% – was down slightly from the July revised rate of 6.6%. The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 13,735 – with 11,941 employed and 1,794 unemployed.
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