6.1%.

In November 2008, U.S. Steel spokesman D. John Armstrong announced that plans to build the Epes facility had been placed on hold. "We've adjusted the timing of it, and we don't know what the new timeline will be," he said. "We've delayed construction, but we have not cancelled it."

To date, the Epes facility has not been built.

From 2009 to 2013, the county had a median household income of $22,186 compared to a state figure of $45,253, making it the poorest county

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