Wabash County’s jobless rate nudged up slightly last month according to the October figures released by the state’s department of employment security. Wabash County went from 3.3% in September to 3.5% last month. That’s still more than a point better than the 4.6% rate in October of 2020. Richland, Hamilton, and Randolph counties tied for the lowest rates in southern Illinois at 3.3% while the highest again was in Pulaski County at 6.9%.