Decatur Daily - Sat Nov 21

For the second month in a row, Morgan Countya s unemployment rate dropped while other area counties suffered an increase.

WQEN-FM Birmingham - Sat Nov 21

The last time the unemployment rate was 10.9% was in February of 1984. It was a .2% rise from September The county rates ranged from 25.1% in Wilcox County to 7.4% in Shelby County.

Selma Times-Journal - Sat Nov 21

Just two years after hitting a record low, the unemployment rate in Alabama climbed to 10.9 percent in October, the highest it has been in more than 25 years, state officials announced Friday.