Calhoun County unemployment has dropped to its lowest levels in years.
The county recorded an unemployment rate of 7.9% in April –the lowest recording for that month since 2008.
The county has averaged a 9.1% unemployment rate so far in 2014, if that trend continues, it will be the lowest annual unemployment rate for the county since 2007.
Calhoun was among the lower rates in the surrounding area in April as well.
Yalobusha recorded a rate of 8%, Chickasaw County 9% and Webster 10.2%. Lafayette was the lowest in Northeast Mississippi at 4.9%. Pontotoc and Grenada were 6.5% and 6.7% respectively.
The state’s unemployment rate in April was 6.8%. The national jobless rate was 5.9%.