Unemployment rates moved a bit higher in Starke and Pulaski counties last month, but they’re still lower than they were during the same period last year.
Starke County saw an unemployment rate of 3.8 percent in June, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. That’s up from 3.5 percent in May, but down from 4.3 percent in June of 2018.
The trend was similar in Pulaski County. Its June unemployment rate was three percent, compared to 2.7 percent in May and 3.4 percent in June of 2018. But in both counties, the actual number of people working was up from the month before but down from the same period last year.
The state as a whole saw a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.3 percent in June, while the national rate was 3.8 percent.
