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Raye Tupper, assistant principal at Rappahannock County Elementary School, said some of the increased enrollment in county schools may be due to the economy. She has noticed that some of the families enrolling their children in school are people from Rappahannock who had moved into counties in Northern Virginia. They return to live with relatives in Rappahannock when they lose their jobs or homes in Northern Virginia, she noted.
Although Rappahannock has no real automobile dealerships, the drop off in new car purchases is also affecting the county. County Administrator John McCarthy said that normally the county can count on the personal property taxes to raise more money each year, although the rate has been steady at $2.90 per hundred for several years. With people keeping their old cars instead of replacing them with newer, more expensive models, this year the take from the tax is expected to drop.
The picture represented by the unemployment chart is actually less negative than it appears. In 1989, when unemployment was 3.6 percent, there were on average 2,696 people in the labor force, 2,598 with jobs and 98 unemployed. By 1990, with an unemployment rate of 6 percent, there were 3,099 people in the labor force, 2,912 with jobs and 187 unemployed. By 1991 the labor force had grown to 3,595, 3,251 employed and 344 unemployed for a rate of 9.6 unemployed.
So, over a two-year period on average 899 people entered the labor force. Of these, 653 found jobs and 246 did not. While unemployment was increasing, employment was increasing also. However, this year the labor force has continued to grow, to 3,639 in March, but the number of jobs has not. In fact only 3,151 had jobs in March, 100 fewer than the average for 1991.
Sharon Pyne, an interviewer and placement specialist with the Culpeper office of the Virginia Employment Commission, says that the office has few jobs in the area.
The office on Cameron Street is divided into two sections, with one part processing unemployment claims while Ms. Pyne’s section deals with helping clients find employment. The office serves Culpeper, Rappahannock, Fauquier, Orange and Madison counties. Nursing is the only job area with many openings now, Ms. Pyne said.
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