Unemployment rates are down in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County’s August unemployment rate was four percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
That’s down from 4.4 percent the month before and 4.2 percent in August of 2018. But the report also shows that there are fewer people in Starke County’s labor force, and the actual number of people working has dropped.
Meanwhile, Pulaski County’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.8 percent. It was 3.2 percent the month before and during the same period last year. The state as a whole saw a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in August, while the national rate was 3.8 percent.
