Golden Triangle jobless rate down

Mississippi's unemployment rate for February dropped to its lowest point since October 2008. Four Golden Triangle counties’ jobless rates were also down. Clay County showed the greatest increase in employment. In February 2013, Clay’s jobless rate was 19.3 percent. February’s rate was down 2.6 percent to 16.7. Lowndes County’s unemployment rate was down 1.6 percent to 7.8. Oktibbeha County was down 1.8 percent to 7.8. Noxubee County improved one-half percent to 15.7 percent, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Source: Columbus Dispatch, 03/27/14.