Central Oregon unemployment rises

Unemployment rates in all three Central Oregon counties increased in July.

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Unemployment rates in all three Central Oregon counties increased in July.

Oregon’s statewide unemployment rate was 10.6%.

Crook County’s jobless rate was 17.7%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points. Deschutes County’s unemployment rate was 14.8%, a .7 percentage point increase. And Jefferson County’s unemployment rate was 1.1 percentage points higher at 14.5%.

Read more at MyCentralOregon.com.

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