Higher than the county

The unemployment numbers for the county and Smyrna have been released and Smyrna is higher to my surprise.

Rutherford County’s unemployment rate for February stayed at the same 8.8 percent rate measured in January, the state reported Thursday.
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Smyrna’s unemployment rate was at 9.7 percent for both the first two months of this year. Both rates are lower than the 10 percent unemployment measured February 2010.

This is not a horrible difference...unless you're one of the .9 percent employed that is the difference.