NE Indiana Jobless Rates Up In May
By: Mike Stiles -
Thursday, June 27, 2024
(photo courtesy of Indiana Department of Workforce Development)
(INDIANAPOLIS) – Jobless rates went up around Northeast Indiana from April to May.
Information released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development shows LaGrange County’s jobless rate went from 2.9% to 3.3%.
DeKalb had the largest increase in unemployment in the area going from 2.9% to 3.6%. Steuben County rose from 2.9% to 3.4% while Noble County saw an increase from 3.5% to 4.1%.
Elkhart County saw a slight jump in their unemployment from 3.8% to 4.1%.
Some of the cities in Northeast Indiana also saw an increase in their unemployment over the month. Fort Wayne went up from 3.2% to 3.9%. Goshen saw their unemployment go up from 3.5% to 3.9%.
The City of Elkhart saw their unemployment go down slightly from 5.1% to an even 5%.
Statewide the unemployment rate in Indiana went up from 3.6% to 3.7%. That’s better than the National unemployment rate for May which was 4%, up from 3.9% in April.
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