Unemployment rates are down from last year in Starke and Pulaski counties. Both saw their rates decline by four-tenths of a percent between October of 2016 and October of 2017, according to the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Last month, Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, a drop of three-tenths of a percent from the month before. Pulaski County’s rate was unchanged from September, at 3.5 percent. However, both counties also saw a decrease in the size of their labor force, and the actual number of people working has declined slightly.
Marshall County had the lowest October unemployment rate in the local area at 2.9 percent, while LaPorte County was highest with 4.2 percent. Indiana as a whole saw an unemployment rate of 3.4 percent last month.
