Current North-Northwest Indiana labor force numbers
March 2008 data

Release Date: April 18, 2008
NOTE: Click here for information on new data methodology for 2005 and after.
Page updated 4/18/08
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        Unemp   Rank    Unemp    Unemp   Mar 07 to                Total........................
         Rate   Hi-Lo    Rate     Rate    Mar 08       Labor      Number      Number...
Area    Mar 08  1to92   Feb 08   Mar 07   (up/dn)      Force     Employed   Unemployed
U.S.*     5.1%           4.8%     4.4%    up 0.7   153,135,000 145,108,000  8,027,000
Indiana*  5.1%           4.6%     4.6%    up 0.5     3,207,412   3,028,296    179,116

Lake      5.9%   45      6.0%     5.8%    up 0.1       225,316     211,967     13,349
Porter    4.7%   76      4.7%     4.5%    up 0.2        82,318      78,413      3,905
LaPorte   6.3%   36      6.2%     5.8%    up 0.5        52,773      49,422      3,351
St. Jo.   5.9%   46      5.3%     5.3%    up 0.6       132,787     125,005      7,782
Elkhart   5.8%   50      5.3%     4.7%    up 1.1       100,591      93,230      4,140
Newton    6.6%   24      6.8%     5.8%    up 0.8         7,094       6,628        466
Jasper    6.5%   27      6.6%     5.9%    up 0.6        15,560      14,553      1,007
Starke    7.5%    6      7.4%     6.8%    up 0.7        10,325       9,548        777
Pulaski   5.5%   60      5.2%     4.6%    up 0.9         6,673       6,308        365
Marshall  6.2%   39      6.0%     5.5%    up 0.7        22,523      21,124      1,399
Kosciusko 5.6%   56      5.0%     4.9%    up 0.7        40,594      38,327      2,267
Fulton    6.5%   26      5.9%     5.4%    up 1.1        10,255       9,593        662
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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