Starke County’s Unemployment Rate Climbs to 4.1 Percent, Numbers Mixed in Pulaski County

Unemployment is up in Starke County. The county saw a 4.1-percent unemployment rate in October, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s up from 3.6 percent in September and 3.7 percent in October of 2017.

Meanwhile, Pulaski County’s unemployment rate is 3.1 percent. That’s an increase of three-tenths of a percent from the previous month but unchanged from the same period last year. However, the number of Pulaski County residents working is actually higher than it was in October of 2017. Pulaski County’s labor force grew over the past year, while Starke County’s shrunk slightly.

The state as a whole saw a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.6 percent last month, while the national rate was 3.5 percent.