Unemployment rates are down in most West Virginia counties.

Figures released Friday by Workforce West Virginia show unemployment declined in 44 counties in October.

Ten counties reported higher jobless rates. The rates in three counties were unchanged from September.

Monongalia County had the lowest unemployment rate, 4.7 percent. Clay County's 14.6 percent rate was the highest in the state.

Locally, Grant County saw the greatest decrease in its unemployment rate. The county when from 10.9 percent in September to 9.8 percent in October.

Both Hardy and Pendleton counties also saw the rate fall, to 8.7 percent and 7.2 percent respectively.

Statewide, West Virginia's unemployment rate fell by three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.7 percent in October.

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