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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
DAVENPORT — Lincoln County’s unemployment rate fell to 4% last month, down from 4.9% August, according to data released Tuesday, Oct. 19, by the state Employment Security Department.
The September rate represented 158 people seeking work out of a labor force of 3,999. That was down from 199 people seeking work and a labor force of 4,090 in August.
Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.8% in September, the third straight monthly decline, the department reported. Employers shed an estimated 15,400 jobs over the month. The number of unemployed residents dropped from 197,3...
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