Unemployment rates moved higher during the month of June. Starke County’s unemployment rate stands at 4.3 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s half a percent higher than the previous month and four-tenths of a percent higher than the same period last year.
Pulaski County’s rate remains lower, but it saw similar increases. The county reported 3.4 percent unemployment last month, up from 2.9 percent the month before and 3.1 percent in June of 2017. But there were almost 30 more people employed last month, compared to the same period last year.
Both Starke and Pulaski counties saw their labor forces increase slightly. The state as a whole saw an unemployment rate of 3.6 percent during the month of June, while the national rate was 4.2 percent.
