COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a big decrease during in the latest jobs report released in late January.

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment went down from 4.8 percent in November to 3.9 percent in December.

The fall in unemployment comes just one month after Pickens County saw its jobless rate fall 0.1 percentage point from 4.9 percent in October.

DEW also reported 2,362 county residents were

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