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Berkeley County’s Unemployment Rate Lower than a Year Ago, State Unchanged

BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–South Carolina’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January remained unchanged at 5.5 percent from December 2015, the Department of Employment and Workforce reports. Meanwhile, Berkeley County’s unemployment rate was slightly lower than the state average at 5.1 percent for the same time period. This is actually a decrease of more than two percent compared to a year ago when the unemployment […]