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  • Sc unemployment rate declines to near 12 percent in April as retail, food industries increase work

    Sc jobless rate drops to 11.6 percent in Apr

    SC’s unemployment rate dropped to 11.6 % in Apr the third straight monthly drop but at least one expert said Friday the state’s economy isn’t yet supporting development in both work and workers.

    The countrywide jobless rate was 9.9 % last month a slight improve and South Carolina still had the sixth-highest rate in the nation behind Michigan (14 percent), Nevada (13.7 percent), California (12.6 percent), Rhode Island (12.five %) and Florida (12 percent).