Rutherford County his holding onto a 2.1% unemployment rate for this past April as of last count and that number is a record low. County Mayor Bill Ketron commented. . .
Ketron noted that problems do grow with population growth. . .
Looking back, 2011 equaled one of the highest recorded rates of unemployment for Rutherford County. In June of 2011 the jobless rate rang in at 11% for Rutherford County. High numbers of unemployment also equals problems.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services conducted the National Survey on Drug Use and Health between 2005 and 2011. The outcome showed that Illegal drug use was 18 percent for the unemployed, followed by 10 percent for part-time workers, 8 percent for full-time workers and less than 6 percent for those in the "other" category, which includes retirees.
