Mecklenburg unemployment rises to 11% - Business First of Columbus:

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percent in April. In May, 50,353 residents were unemployec amongthe county’s labor force of 456,651, according to the . Mecklenburv received the largest amountof unemployment-insurance benefits in the stat in May at $25.9 million. Gaston County was fourth with $8 million in payments. Unemployment in the Charlotte/Gastonia/Concord area rose to 12 percentfrom 11.3 percent in In the Hickory/Lenoir/Morganton region, unemployment increased to 15.4 percent from 14.9 •Anson: 15.1 percent, up from 13.3 •Cabarrus: 11.4 percent, up from 10.8 •Catawba: 15.5 percent, up from 15 •Cleveland: 15.6 percent, up from 15 percent. •Gaston: 14.8 percent, up from 14.
7 •Iredell: 12.9 percent, up from 12.6 •Lincoln: 14.4 percent, up from 14.1 percent. 13.6 percent, up from 12.5 percent. 12.5 percent, up from 11.5 percent. 10.8 percent, up from 10 The N.C. unemployment rate rose to 11.1 percentf in May from 10.5 percent in Currituck County had the lowest rate in Northg Carolina in Mayat 6.3 Scotland County had the highest at 17.2