(Deming) -- Luna County's unemployment rate in November
jumped from October’s rate, but was lower than last November’s rate.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of
Workforce Solutions show Luna County with a November unemployment rate of 6.1%.
That figure is higher than October’s revised rate of 11.9%, but down from last November’s rate of 16.5%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 12.6%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%.
Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe and Taos at 8.2%, and McKinley at 7.7%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.4% unemployment in November, Hidalgo County had 4.2%, and the Las Cruces area had 6.1%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.2%.
The state unemployment rate for November – at 6.2% – was down slightly from the October revised rate of 6.3%.
The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 12,240 – with 10,275 employed and 1,965 unemployed.
jumped from October’s rate, but was lower than last November’s rate.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of
Workforce Solutions show Luna County with a November unemployment rate of 6.1%.
That figure is higher than October’s revised rate of 11.9%, but down from last November’s rate of 16.5%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 12.6%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%.
Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe and Taos at 8.2%, and McKinley at 7.7%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.4% unemployment in November, Hidalgo County had 4.2%, and the Las Cruces area had 6.1%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.2%.
The state unemployment rate for November – at 6.2% – was down slightly from the October revised rate of 6.3%.
The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 12,240 – with 10,275 employed and 1,965 unemployed.
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