Rocky Mount census bureau office holds grand opening

Rocky Mount census bureau office holds grand opening (Added: December 16, 2009)

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Rocky Mount census bureau office holds grand opening

More jobs are headed to folks in our state for the upcoming 2010 census.

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Published: December 16, 2009

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More jobs are headed to folks in our state for the upcoming 2010 census.

State-wide census offices will hire more than 24 thousand temporary workers.

A census bureau in Rocky Mount kicked off it's grand opening today. That office will employ nearly 1,700 people.

The bureau will bring temporary jobs to the area, which has one of the highest unemployement rates in the state.

Here are the fast facts:

Statewide, census offices will hire more than 24-thousand.

In Rocky Mount, the office will employ nearly 1,700 people and will cover 17 counties.

The pay is 8 to 14 dollars per hour.

The bureau will start hiring in January and the work will end in June or July.

The jobs come as a welcome to relief to some in Rocky Mount.

In October, unemployment in the area stood at 13.7 percent.

Edgecombe County has the second highest unemployment rate in the state at 17 percent.

And Nash County has a rate of 11.8 eight percent.

The state average is 11 percent.

The bureau's grand opening brought political figures, census employees and people looking for jobs.