Unemployment rate in county, state continues to falls

MONTGOMERY—Governor Robert Bent-ley last week that Alabama’s December 2011 unemployment rate dropped again dramatically to 8.1%, down from 8.7% in November.

December’s rate represents 174,119 unemployed persons, compared to 187,496 last month, and 193,158 in December 2010.

The unemployment rate in Pickens County in December was 9.2 percent, dwon from the November rate of 9.5 percent and well below the December 2010 rate of 10.0 precent.

“Alabama’s unemployment rate has been falling since August,” said Governor Robert Bentley. “In the last three months alone, we’ve seen an unprecedented drop of 1.7 percentage points. Our rate is once again below the national average, and over 41,000 more Alabamians are employed now than at the beginning of the year. I have to say that 2011 turned out to be a pretty good year, in terms of reducing unemployment, but we still have work to do. ”

Alabama’s unemployment rate matched the national rate (8.7%) in November 2011, and fell below in December (8.5%). Employment in January 2011 was 1,921,819, compared to December ’s employment of 1,963,395.

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Turn in your valentines to the Herald

It will be Valentine’s Day (Tuesday, Feb. 14) in three weeks, which brings another opportunity to show our loved ones how much we care.

The Pickens County Herald will once again publish pictures of your child or grandchild in a Valentine heart border in the Herald ’s Wednesday, Feb. 8, issue.

The cost to reserve a spot will be $10 per picture. The deadline to turn in pictures and information is Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5 p.m., but please turn your photos in early for better placement of your pictures. All Valentine spots must be prepaid.




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