Current North-Northwest Indiana labor force numbers
April 2013 data

Release Date: May 17, 2013
NOTE: Click here for information on data methodology for 2005 and after.
Page updated 05/22/13
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        Unemp   Rank    Unemp    Unemp   Apr 12 to                Total........................
         Rate   Hi-Lo    Rate     Rate    Apr 13       Labor      Number      Number...
Area    Apr 13  1to92   Mar 13   Apr 12   (up/dn)      Force     Employed   Unemployed
U.S.*      7.5%         7.6%      8.1%    dn 0.6   154,739,000 143,724,000 11,014,000
Indiana*   8.5%         8.7%      8.3%    up 0.2     3,141,627   2,890,061    251,566

Lake       9.7%   12   10.8%      9.0%    up 0.7       219,643     198,344     21,299
Porter     7.7%   56    8.7%      7.3%    up 0.4        81,933      75,655      6,278
LaPorte   10.2%    7   11.6%      9.6%    up 0.6        48,959      43,981      4,978
St. Jo.    9.7%   13   10.5%      9.3%    up 0.4       124,080     112,022     12,058
Elkhart    8.2%   40    9.4%      9.2%    dn 1.0        91,381      93,230      4,140
Newton     9.1%   29   11.0%      9.4%    dn 0.3         6,743       6,128        615
Jasper     9.1%   28   10.1%      8.0%    up 1.1        15,461      14,052      1,409
Starke    10.3%    6   11.6%     10.3%     same         10,124       9,083      1,041
Pulaski    6.1%   87    7.7%      6.4%    dn 0.3         6,577       6,174        403
Marshall   8.0%   47    9.5%      8.4%    dn 0.4        21,889      20,129      1,760
Kosciusko  6.4%   82    7.6%      6.9%    dn 0.5        40,114      37,554      2,560
Fulton     8.9%   32   10.0%      7.9%    up 1.0         9,997       9,112        885

Data are estimates using federal procedures.
Degree of data accuracy will vary.  * Seasonally adjusted.
Source: Research & Analysis Unit, Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development
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 Unemployment rate data for U.S., Indiana, and the following counties:
 United States | Indiana | Jasper | Lake | LaPorte | Newton | Porter | Pulaski
 Starke | St.Joseph | Elkhart | Marshall | Kosciusko | Fulton