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New jobless numbers released by the state provided little good news for the Golden Triangle, with new evidence that unemployment continues to tighten its grip on the area.
Unemployment rates rose across the Golden Triangle in January, according to the state Department of Employment Security report that showed Clay County had the third highest unemployment rate in the state. In Columbus, nearly one in five workers was unemployed, while Oktibbeha County joined the majority of Mississippi counties reporting double-digit unemployment.
Lowndes, Oktibbeha and Clay counties all experienced jumps in county unemployment rates for the month.
In Lowndes, the January rate was 13.4 percent, compared to 11.6 percent in December 2009 and 10.1 percent in January 2009.
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