Unemployment rates are up in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County saw a 4.6-percent unemployment rate in December, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s an increase of four-tenths of a percent from the month before and half a percent from December of 2017.
Pulaski County’s unemployment rate rose to 3.2 percent last month, compared to 3.1 percent the month before and three percent in December of 2017. However, Pulaski County’s labor force has grown, and the actual number of people working has also gone up.
The state as a whole saw a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.4 percent last month, while the national rate was 3.7 percent.
