Unemployment rates continue to drop in Starke and Pulaski counties. Starke County’s September unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
That’s down from four percent the month before and 3.7 percent during the same period last year. But there are actually fewer Starke County residents working, and the county’s labor force has shrunk somewhat.
Meanwhile, Pulaski County’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.5 percent last month. It was 2.8 percent the month before and 2.7 percent in September of 2018. When compared to last September’s numbers, Pulaski County’s labor force has grown slightly and the actual number of people employed has also gone up.
The state as a whole saw a non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 2.8 percent in September, while the national rate was 3.3 percent.
