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Unemployment rate in other counties
Cabarrus: 8.4 percent, down 1.2 percent from Sept. 2011
Gaston: 10.1 percent, down 1 percent
Iredell: 9.1, percent, down 1.9 percent
Union: 7.6, percent, down 1.5 percent
Wake: 7 percent, down 1.4 percent
Highest statewide: Scotland County, 16.1 percent, down 2 percent
Lowest: Currituck County, 5.1 percent, down 0.3 percent
The unemployment rate in Mecklenburg County fell to 9.1 percent in September, down from 10.5 percent the same month last year, according to statistics released Friday by the state.
Mecklenburg’s unemployment rate remained above the statewide rate of 8.9 percent. The number of people employed in Mecklenburg rose about 2.6 percent, to 447,737, compared to the same period last year.
The number of people counted as unemployed in Mecklenburg fell 12.5 percent, to 44,668.
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