The state released November’s preliminary jobless rates last week, showing the statewide numbers also rose at about the same pace as Richmond County, from 6.8 in October to 7.8.
“Manufacturing, retail trade and services sectors have been hit hard during this national and economic slump,” North Carolina Employment Security Commission Chairman Harry Payne said in a press release. “Retail trade was down because many employers did not take on more workers during the holiday season as they have in the past.”
No single county in the state posted a number that was equal to or lower than it’s October numbers. Two counties, Dare and Hyde, saw nearly 3 percent of their workforce lose their jobs.
All 14 metropolitan areas in the state saw increases in unemployment, as they did in all 26 micropolitan areas.
Indications are jobless numbers will continue to climb throughout the state, as the North Carolina Employment Security Commission set one-day records by processing over 106,000 transactions from January 5 claims, and paid out over $31.5 million in unemployment insurance benefits, according to ESC Director Judy Carpenter.
Here in Richmond County, the December UCO plant closing alone will account for nearly 200 layoffs.
In November Richmond County has the state’s seventh highest jobless rate. Edgecombe County had the highest percentage for the month at 13.3, and neighboring counties Scotland and Anson also posted higher figures, with Scotland reporting 13.1 percent, and Anson reporting 11.2 percent.
Both of those counties reported nearly 1.5 percent higher numbers than the previous month.
Another neighboring county, Montgomery, broke the double-digit mark with a 1.5 percent increase to 10 percent. Moore County also saw an increase in those who are out-of-work, with their numbers rising from 6.4 to 7.2.
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