(Deming) -- Luna County's unemployment rate in December
jumped from November’s rate, and was higher than last December’s rate.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of
Workforce Solutions show Luna County with a December unemployment rate of 17.8%.
That figure is higher than November’s revised rate of 15.9%, and up from last December’s rate of 17.1%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 14%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%.
Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe at 8.6%, McKinley at 8.3% and Taos at 8.1%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.9% unemployment in December, Hidalgo County had 7.1% and the Las Cruces area had 6.8%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.6%.
The state unemployment rate for December – at 6.4% – was up slightly from the November revised rate of 6.2% but down from last December’s rate of 7%.
The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 12,199 – with 10,024 employed and 2,175 unemployed.
jumped from November’s rate, and was higher than last December’s rate.
Preliminary figures from the New Mexico Department of
Workforce Solutions show Luna County with a December unemployment rate of 17.8%.
That figure is higher than November’s revised rate of 15.9%, and up from last December’s rate of 17.1%.
Following Luna County in the list of New Mexico counties with the worst unemployment is Mora County with 14%.
Those were the only two counties in the state with unemployment greater than 10%.
Rounding out the top five are Guadalupe at 8.6%, McKinley at 8.3% and Taos at 8.1%.
In our area: Grant County had 6.9% unemployment in December, Hidalgo County had 7.1% and the Las Cruces area had 6.8%.
The county with the least unemployment remains Los Alamos with 3.6%.
The state unemployment rate for December – at 6.4% – was up slightly from the November revised rate of 6.2% but down from last December’s rate of 7%.
The New Mexico labor force estimates show Luna County with a labor force of 12,199 – with 10,024 employed and 2,175 unemployed.
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