Unemployment rates among neighboring counties in August, with July rates in parentheses, were: Allen, 4.1 percent (4.9 percent); Hardin, 4.2 (5); Henry, 4 (4.7); Putnam, 3.3 (3.8); Seneca, 4.1 (4.7); Wood, 3.7 (4.4); Wyandot, 3.1 (3.6).
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Nassau’s jobless rate dropped to 4.3 percent, from 4.8 percent a year earlier.
Minnesota’s unemployment rate is four-percent, while the national rate is 5.2 percent.
Meanwhile Dearborn County’s labor force estimates, which are not seasonally adjusted, show an unemployment rate drop at the local level.
The unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area dipped last month.
Hancock County’s labor force shrunk last month by 100 people, to 40,500, and the number of people employed grew by 100.
“Over the past twelve months, Indiana has added more than 60,000 private sector jobs, and our unemployment rate continues to fall”.
The north country’s jobless rates improved in August compared to the year before. The decline concentrated mainly in the Professional and Business Services sector (-4,900), while the Manufacturing (+300), and Construction (+1,300) sectors experienced growth.
The unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in July.
The August numbers account for unemployed individuals actively seeking work, waiting to be called back to a job from which laid off, or waiting to report within 30 days to a new payroll job, according to the department.
Not the best path to low unemployment. The largest gains came in employment by government, education and health services, and the leisure and hospitality sector. Most of the decrease in August was due to a decline in temporary claims filed in manufacturing and administrative and support services, which includes temporary employment agencies.
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Total private sector jobs were revised upward (5,900) for July by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
