Release
Date: August 15, 2008
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATES LABOR FORCE TOTALS
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
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