Gaston indicators
This week: unemployment
11.1 percent - Unemployment rate for Gaston County in January (released Friday)
10.6 percent - Unemployment rate for Gaston County in December
11.1 percent - Unemployment rate for Gaston County in January 2012
101,972 - Number of people in the work force in January (people working, looking for a job or having looked for a job in the last month)
100,447 - Number of people in the work force in December
98,695 - Number of people in the work force in January 2012