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Employment
According to figures from the Virginia Employment Commission the rate of unemployment in Rappahannock County for the month of August was 4.5 per cent. Out of the 2,604 persons in the county's labor force, 2,487 had jobs while 117 were unemployed.
Statistics for the fivecounty Planning District 9 indicate that employment reached a high for the year in August. The rate of unemployment for the entire District was 4.1 per cent compared to 4.6 per cent in July. This rate compares favorably with the 5.2 per cent for the State of Virginia and 5.8 unadjusted national average.
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