by rgifford
Fri, October 21 2011 19:42
While the U.S. and State of Indiana unemployment rates either went up or stayed the same for September, the Indiana office of Workforce Development (DWD), in a report issued this morning, found that the Starke County rate went down to 10.1% from 10.3% in August. The U.S. rate remained at 9.1% and the Indiana rate went up from 8.7% to 8.9%. However, Indiana remained at a lower rate than any of the four contigious states for the 8th consecutive month. Those states have a range of 9.8% up to 11.9%.
The Starke County rate is now down from 12.1% recorded in January of this year and is the second month in a row that it has been down from the previous month.