Hamilton County’s jobless rate in January rose eight-tenths of a percent from December to reach 10 percent, the highest rate in nearly 27 years, according to figures from the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
In July 1983, Hamilton County’s rate was 10.4 percent. The highest ever recorded in Hamilton County, according to the labor department, was 11.9 percent in February 1983.
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