Unemployment Rates Drop in Starke, Pulaski Counties

Posted on April 24, 2018 
Author Michael Gallenberger, WKVI

Unemployment rates are moving lower in Starke and Pulaski counties. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Starke County’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in March. That’s down from 5.4 percent the month before and 4.8 percent in March of 2017.

Pulaski County continues to fare better. Last month’s unemployment rate was 3.2 percent. That’s a decline of half a percentage point from the month before and six-tenths of a percent from the same period last year.

However, the actual number of Starke County residents who were employed was down slightly compared to last March, while Pulaski County saw an increase. Marshall County continues to have the lowest unemployment rate in the local area at 3.1 percent. The state as a whole saw an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent last month, while the nationwide rate was 4.1 percent.