Current North-Northwest Indiana labor force numbers
December 2009 data

Release Date: Jan 22, 2010
NOTE: Click here for information on data methodology for 2005 and after.
Page updated 1/22/10
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        Unemp   Rank    Unemp    Unemp   Dec 08 to                Total........................
         Rate   Hi-Lo    Rate     Rate    Dec 09       Labor      Number      Number...
Area    Dec 09  1to92   Nov 09   Dec 08   (up/dn)      Force     Employed   Unemployed
U.S.*    10.0%          10.0%     7.4%    up 2.6   152,693,000 137,953,000 14,740,000
Indiana*  9.9%           9.6%     7.8%    up 2.1     3,082,205   2,781,177    301,028

Lake     10.2%   44      9.9%     8.6%    up 1.6       220,990     198,378     22,612
Porter    8.9%   69      8.2%     7.3%    up 1.6        81,170      73,917      7,253
LaPorte  11.9%   20     10.9%     9.2%    up 2.7        51,606      45,486      6,120
St. Jo.  10.8%   36     10.4%     9.4%    up 1.4       126,472     112,851     13,621
Elkhart  14.8%    1     14.4%    16.0%    dn 1.2        90,271      93,230      4,140
Newton   11.6%   25     10.5%     8.8%    up 2.8         6,906       6,108        798
Jasper   10.6%   40      9.3%     8.5%    up 2.1        15,292      13,670      1,622
Starke   13.0%    6     12.3%    11.4%    up 1.6        10,353       9,012      1,341
Pulaski   9.6%   59      9.1%     9.0%    up 0.6         6,440       5,823        617
Marshall 12.0%   17     11.3%    11.9%    up 0.1        21,694      19,088      2,606
Kosciusko11.4%   29     10.7%    11.0%    up 0.4        39,769      35,219      4,550
Fulton   12.2%   15     11.1%     9.6%    up 2.6         9,676       8,499      1,177

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