South Carolina’s unemployment rate equaled its record high in Jan at 12.6 percent, and jobless numbers went upward in all of the state’s fouthy-six counties, based on data published Wednesday.

The Employment Security Commission likewise modified December’s rate down slightly to 12.4 percent. That month’s unemployment had been initially calculated at 12.6 pct, a state record high South Carolina matched in Jan.

The state’s unemployment value was effectively on top of the actual nationwide rate, which dipped to 9.7 % in Jan. Across the country, South Carolina’s lack of employment rate graded fourth in back of Michigan, Nevada and Rhode Island.

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