Unemployment rates in Mid-Hudson counties were higher in November than in October, the state Labor Department reported on Thursday.
In Columbia County, the November jobless rate was 7.2 percent, compared to 6.8 percent in October. In Greene, the rate jumped from 7.7 percent in October to 8.4 percent in November.
November unemployment rates in other local counties were as follows.
• Albany: 6.9 percent, up from 6.6
• Delaware: 8.2. percent, up from 7.7.
• Dutchess 7.5 percent, up from 7.3
• Orange: 7.9, up from 7.6.
• Rensselaer: 7.3, up from 6.9
• Saratoga: 6.5, up from 6.1
• Schenectady: 7.5, up from 7.1
• Schoharie: 8.3, up from 7.6
• Sullivan: 9.4, up from 8.5.
• Ulster: 7.9, up from 7.4