LAPORTE ............. GARY/HAMMOND .............. INDIANA
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LAPORTE CLAIMS OFFICE -- NEW CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
MONTH.......2003....2004....2005....2006....2007....2008...CHG 2006-07....CHG 2007-08 January 2,393 2,620 2,525 2,474 2,695 2,356 221 8.9% -339 -12.6% February 1,439 1,635 1,434 1,530 1,700 1,535 170 11.1% -165 -9.7% March 1,425 1,344 1,286 1,332 1,189 1,326 -143 -10.7% 137 11.5% April 1,504 1,179 1,093 1,068 1,035 1,220 -33 -3.1% 185 17.9% May 1,645 1,041 1,110 1,161 862 995 -299 -25.8% 133 15.4% June 1,615 1,223 1,045 1,177 1,065 -112 -9.5% July 1,600 1,090 1,073 1,288 1,217 -71 -5.5% August 1,168 1,157 1,082 1,100 1,079 -21 -1.9% September 1,182 983 1,005 1,009 873 -136 -13.5% October 1,428 1,125 1,097 1,228 1,245 17 1.4% November 1,523 1,521 1,388 1,700 1,400 -300 -17.6% December 2,638 2,210 2,309 2,558 2,439 -119 -4.7% Total 19,560 17,128 16,447 17,625 16,799 -826 -4.7% .
GARY AND HAMMOND CLAIMS OFFICES -- NEW CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
MONTH.......2003....2004....2005....2006....2007....2008...CHG 2006-07....CHG 2007-08 January 3,513 4,433 4,204 4,418 3,939 4,472 -479 -10.8% 533 13.5% February 2,636 2,856 2,701 2,969 2,622 3,068 -347 -11.7% 446 17.0% March 2,678 2,928 2,562 3,166 2,544 3,211 -622 -19.6% 667 26.2% April 2,708 2,594 2,497 2,127 2,641 2,801 514 24.2% 160 6.1% May 2,743 2,320 2,562 2,400 2,071 2,253 -329 -13.7% 182 8.8% June 3,004 3,043 2,967 3,094 2,598 -496 -16.0% July 2,530 2,583 2,829 2,974 2,708 -266 -8.9% August 2,459 2,468 2,108 2,430 2,701 271 11.2% September 2,347 2,157 1,754 1,936 2,296 360 18.6% October 2,714 2,354 2,309 2,906 3,199 293 10.1% November 2,599 2,899 2,293 2,622 2,863 241 9.2% December 4,230 3,937 3,766 3,402 4,141 739 21.7% Total 34,161 34,572 32,552 34,444 34,323 -121 -0.4% .
ALL INDIANA CLAIMS OFFICES -- NEW CLAIMS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
MONTH.......2003....2004....2005....2006....2007....2008...CHG 2006-07....CHG 2007-08 January 51,130 49,210 54,443 49,331 55,203 59,048 5,872 11.9% 3,845 7.0% February 32,634 30,107 27,426 30,850 40,923 36,895 10,073 32.7% -4,028 -9.8% March 35,112 30,385 28,900 28,580 28,505 42,744 -75 -0.3% 14,239 50.0% April 34,222 24,628 26,688 24,454 27,956 37,972 3,502 14.3% 10,016 35.8% May 30,728 23,868 28,630 30,241 27,140 34,847 -3,101 -10.3% 7,707 28.4% June 34,404 31,022 31,527 30,800 28,676 -2,124 -6.9% July 50,091 46,909 42,810 43,833 41,117 -2,716 -6.2% August 27,882 27,186 26,340 29,666 27,097 -2,569 -8.7% September 26,085 26,575 22,954 28,072 26,658 -1,414 -5.0% October 28,485 28,335 28,257 35,131 37,086 1,955 5.6% November 31,114 39,039 33,230 40,923 42,158 1,235 3.0% December 70,544 61,183 57,900 58,550 66,273 7,723 13.2% Total 452,431 418,447 409,105 430,431 448,792 18,361 4.3% .
Data above provided by Bruce F. Bendull, Labor Analyst: Phone 219 762-2705; Fax 219 763-3061