•August 31, 2016•

Moultrie County has the lowest July unemployment rate in the area, reporting  4.4% in 2016, down from 4.7% in July 2015.

Moultrie’s drop was less than surrounding counties at 0.3%, with Douglas County reporting 4.5% unemployed, 0.6% better than 5.1% in 2015.

Shelby County’s rate improved by 0.8% to 5.5%, down from 6.3% in July 2015.

Coles County improved by 0.4% over the previous year with 6.4% in July 2016 compared to 6.8% the previous year.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.