Rural Utahns hit hardest by unemployment

May 12, 2020 (KSL News Radio)

Overall, Utah is doing much better than the rest of the United States when it comes to unemployment.  But, some of the rural areas of the state are struggling with unemployment more than others.

The data from the Department of Workforce Services was compiled by the Utah Foundation who says while a total of 150,000 people filed new unemployment claims over the last seven weeks, there are still 100,000 people who continue to file each week.

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