Saturday. January 12, 1985
ÐÊ	MarylandÛªs jobless rate in November was 5.5 percent, representing only a 0.1 point increase over October, despite a big jump in unemployment in two rural regions of the state, officials said yesterday.</br></br>Curtis Kane, a spokesman for the state's Department of Employment and Training, noted the 5.5 percent rate was well below the national rate of 6.9 percent and 0.2 point less than November 1983.</br></br>Statewide in November, the labor force grew by an estimated 14,656 people. Unemployment edged up by 2,365 people and employment increased by 12,291.</br></br>Two regionsÛÓWestern Maryland and the Eastern ShoreÛÓexperienced big increases in their jobless levels. Western MarylandÛªs rate went from 8 percent in October to 8.7 percent in November, while the Eastern Shore increased 1.3 points to 8 percent.</br></br>Montgomery CountyÛªs November jobless rate was 2.8 percent, down from OctoberÛªs 3.1 percent; for Prince GeorgeÛªs County, it was 3.3 percent in November vs. 3.6 percent in October.