Anne Arundel County's 6.5 percent unemployment rate for the year, up from 3.9 percent for 2008, shows the county proved less insulated from economic downturns as boosters have often claimed.
The Maryland Department of Labor and Licensing said 17,890 county residents were out of work at the end of December. While that's slightly better than the peak months of June and July, it still is a whopping 34 percent increase in the number of people out of work from a...
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