Unemployment rates were a bit higher in July than the month before, but still better than the same period last year. Starke County’s rate climbed to four percent last month, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s a half a percent higher than June, but a full percentage point lower than July of 2016.
Pulaski County continues to fare better than Starke County. Last month’s rate was 3.4 percent, compared to 2.9 percent in June and 4.5 percent in July of 2016. Meanwhile, both counties continue to see slight declines in the number of people in their labor force.
Statewide, the July unemployment rate was 3.4 percent. The national rate was 4.6 percent.
