Brunswick County boasts drop in unemployment rate | Business

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Brunswick County’s unemployment rate decreased 0.6 percent in November when compared to the results from a year ago.

Of the 49,144 people in the labor force, 5,106 are unemployed, according to a report from the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Division of Employment Security. That 10.4 percent rate is down slightly from the 10.5 percent in October, which is an estimate subject to large seasonal patterns.

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