Unemployment down in most state counties in March

    CHARLESTON — West Virginia's unemployment rate declined eight-tenths of a percentage point to 10.1 percent in March 2010. Nearly every county reported a declining unemployment rate as well, WorkForce West Virginia has reported. 

    The number of counties recording an unemployment rate considered much worse than average when compared to the state rate was unchanged in March. This group included Wetzel (15.3), Wirt (15.4), Brooke (15.9), Clay (16.2), Roane (16.9), and Calhoun (18.8).

    The number of counties recording an unemployment rate considered better than average when compared to the state rate grew slightly in March. This group included Cabell (8.5), Boone (8.4), Harrison (8.4), Kanawha (8.3), Marion (8.2), Putnam (8.1), and Jefferson (7.7). 

    Once again, Monongalia (5.6) was the sole county recording an unemployment rate considered much better than average when compared to the state rate.