Posted on May 24, 2017
Author Mary Perren, WKVI
Starke County’s April unemployment rate hit an 19-year low and posted a significant drop from March, according to the latest state jobs report.
The April rate of 3.3 percent is also below the state unemployment figure of 3.6 percent and the national rate of 4.4. Last month Starke County’s unemployment rate was 5.1 percent.
All 92 Indiana counties saw declines in their month-to-month unemployment rates. Marshall County has the lowest of Starke County’s neighbors at 2.3 percent. Pulaski County is at 2.9 percent, and LaPorte County is tied with the state average at 3.6 percent unemployment for April.
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