Unemployment rates rise in November

Unemployment rates rose in November over the previous year for 76 counties while only one county had rates less than last year for the same period, according to the latest report by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.

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Love County had the highest rate in the state of 7.0 percent. Hughes and Jefferson County were second. Texas County has the lowest rate in the state at 2.1 percent.

You can see the rates for all of Oklahoma HERE.

LeFlore County’s rate for the month was 4.6 percent compared to 3.9 percent for the same period last November. The rate also increased from the 4.3 percent rate from October.

For the month, LeFlore County had a workforce of 19,735 people with 18,834 employed and 901 people out of work.


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