Unemployment rates are largely unchanged in Starke and Pulaski counties. According to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, Pulaski County’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 3.3 percent last month. That’s a tenth of a percent lower than it was the month before and in July of 2017.
Starke County’s unemployment rate stayed at 4.3 percent in July. That’s the same as it was the previous month and during the same period last year.
Compared to July of 2017, both counties’ labor forces have grown and the actual number of people employed has increased. The state as a whole saw an unemployment rate of 3.5 percent last month, while the national rate was 4.1 percent.
