Current North-Northwest Indiana labor force numbers
July 2008 data

Release Date: August 15, 2008
NOTE: Click here for information on new data methodology for 2005 and after.
Page updated 8/26/08
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        Unemp   Rank    Unemp    Unemp   Jul 07 to                Total........................
         Rate   Hi-Lo    Rate     Rate    Jul 08       Labor      Number      Number...
Area    Jul 08  1to92   Jun 08   Jul 07   (up/dn)      Force     Employed   Unemployed
U.S.*     5.7%           5.5%     4.7%    up 1.0   156,300,000 146,867,000  9,433,000
Indiana*  6.3%           5.9%     4.4%    up 1.9     3,281,535   3,080,688    200,847

Lake      6.1%   45      6.2%     4.9%    up 1.2       231,464     217,275     14,189
Porter    4.6%   86      4.7%     3.6%    up 1.0        84,245      80,377      3,868
LaPorte   5.6%   58      5.8%     4.6%    up 1.0        53,929      50,910      3,019
St. Jo.   7.2%   25      6.4%     5.1%    up 2.1       134,192     124,516      9,676
Elkhart   9.3%    5      7.0%     4.5%    up 4.8       105,001      93,230      4,140
Newton    5.6%   60      5.6%     4.8%    up 0.8         7,197       6,794        403
Jasper    5.0%   73      5.5%     4.0%    up 1.0        15,694      14,917        777
Starke    8.0%   14      7.3%     5.4%    up 2.6        10,593       9,749        844
Pulaski   5.2%   69      5.4%     3.6%    up 1.6         7,072       6,707        365
Marshall  8.6%    9      6.5%     4.7%    up 3.9        23,631      21,606      2,025
Kosciusko 7.8%   16      6.0%     4.2%    up 3.6        43,166      39,805      3,361
Fulton    6.7%   34      6.1%     4.5%    up 2.2        10,712       9,998        714
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Data are estimates using federal procedures.
Degree of data accuracy will vary.  * Seasonally adjusted.
Source: Research & Analysis Unit, Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development
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 Unemployment rate data for U.S., Indiana, and the following counties:
 United States | Indiana | Jasper | Lake | LaPorte | Newton | Porter | Pulaski
 Starke | St.Joseph | Elkhart | Marshall | Kosciusko | Fulton