Unemployment in Garrett Co.

 

July average unemployment rates are as follows:

  

                               Garrett County     Maryland                    U.S. 

July 2012                       7.2%                 7.0%                          8.3%

July 2011                       7.4%                 7.4%                          9.1% 

July average unemployment for other Maryland counties:

Anne Arundel                        6.6%             Alleghany                8.1%

Baltimore                              7.7%             Washington            8.5%

Carroll                                   6.6%             Somerset                 10.0%

Harford                                  7.4%             Wicomico               8.3%

Howard                                  5.3%             Caroline                  8.2%

Queen Anne's                        6.3%             Cecil                        9.1%

Calvert                                    6.3%             Dorchester            10.2%

Charles                                   6.4%             Kent                        7.1%

Prince George's                     7.1%             St. Mary's              6.3%

Frederick                                 5.9%             Talbot                   7.2%

Montgomery                           5.2%             Worcester            7.8%

Sources:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics & Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Office of Workforce Information and Performance.