The February unemployment figures released this week don’t show a lot of improvement from January.
In Starke County and La Porte County, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3 percent which is two-tenths of an increase from January. The same increase was recorded in Marshall County where the rate went from 3.3 to 3.5 percent.
Pulaski County’s rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.
Indiana as a whole lost a tenth of a percent from January to February. The state’s rate of 3.2 percent remains below the national unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, a statistic that has held on for four years. Indiana’s initial unemployment insurance claims continue to be at historical lows, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
La Porte County ranks 5th in the state in high unemployment rates in our area while Starke County ranks 6th, Pulaski County at 51st and Marshall County is ranked 58th in the state.
