By Bru Nimmons
Staff Reporter
bnimmons@thepccourier.com

COLUMBIA — The unemployment rate in Pickens County saw a sizable increase during the latest jobs report released last month.

The S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) reported that unemployment in the county went up from 4.6 percent in June to 5 percent in July.

The fall in unemployment comes just one month after Pickens County saw its jobless rate rise 0.7 percentage

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