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Employment Numbers Released

Air date 10/31/11

Mississippi's unemployment rate rose six-tenths of a percent in September to 10.6 percent, from August, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
   The state figure for September 2010 was 10.1 percent. The nation's seasonally adjusted rate for this September was 9.1 percent.

Mary Willoughby is the MDES Director of Labor Market Information. She spoke with us about the new numbers.



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