Forty-one counties showed an increase in unemployment in December.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The unemployment rate increased in 41 of the state’s 55 counties in December, according to figures released by WorkForce West Virginia.

Overall unemployment was up two-tenths of a percentage point last month to 4.8 percent.

A county-by-county look at the numbers show 41 counties saw an increase in joblessness, nine counties showed a decline while five counties were unchanged.

Unemployment dipped in Kanawha, Fayette, Boone, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming, Pocahontas, Tucker and Hancock counties.

Calhoun County had the state’s highest unemployment rate in December at 12.4 percent followed by McDowell County at 9.4 percent and Clay County at 8.4 percent. Jefferson County had the lowest unemployment rate for the month at three percent.