June 25, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.
Jay rate for May is 3.2 percent
Local unemployment is tied for 16th-lowest in Indiana
Jay County slipped out of the top 10.
But its unemployment rate is still among the lowest in Indiana.
Jay County was tied for the 16th-lowest unemployment rate in the state, coming in at 3.2% according to estimates released Thursday by Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The county had the seventh-lowest rate among Indiana’s 92 counties last month at 2.7%.
The current unemployment rate is down dramatically from the same month last year, when Jay County came in at 14.3% as the state was in the midst of its coronavirus-related limitations and shutdowns. (Unemployment in the county peaked during the pandemic at 19.8% in April 2020.) The local unemployment rate was 2.6% in May 2019 and 3% in May in both 2018 and ’17.
Jay County’s unemployment rate — it was tied with Elkhart, Harrison, Hendricks, Huntington, Marshall and Montgomery counties — was lower than the statewide average of 4.5% in May, which was up by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month.
Adams County posted the lowest unemployment rate in the state for the second consecutive month at 2.5%. It was at 2.1% in April.
LaGrange County was second-lowest in Indiana at 2.6%, followed by Boone County at 2.7%.
Lake County had the highest unemployment rate in the state for the second month in a row at 8.3%. Howard County was next at 7.7%, and LaPorte County came in at 6.2%.
Every other county in the state was at 5.5% or lower.
Area rates are as follows:
Adams County: 2.5%, up 0.4 percentage points, lowest.
Blackford County: 4.4%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-22nd highest.
Delaware County: 4.9%, up 0.4 percentage point, t-12th highest.
Jay County: 3.2%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-16th lowest
Randolph County: 3.8%, up 0.1 percentage points, t-42nd highest.
Wells County: 3.1%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-ninth lowest.
But its unemployment rate is still among the lowest in Indiana.
Jay County was tied for the 16th-lowest unemployment rate in the state, coming in at 3.2% according to estimates released Thursday by Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The county had the seventh-lowest rate among Indiana’s 92 counties last month at 2.7%.
The current unemployment rate is down dramatically from the same month last year, when Jay County came in at 14.3% as the state was in the midst of its coronavirus-related limitations and shutdowns. (Unemployment in the county peaked during the pandemic at 19.8% in April 2020.) The local unemployment rate was 2.6% in May 2019 and 3% in May in both 2018 and ’17.
Jay County’s unemployment rate — it was tied with Elkhart, Harrison, Hendricks, Huntington, Marshall and Montgomery counties — was lower than the statewide average of 4.5% in May, which was up by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month.
Adams County posted the lowest unemployment rate in the state for the second consecutive month at 2.5%. It was at 2.1% in April.
LaGrange County was second-lowest in Indiana at 2.6%, followed by Boone County at 2.7%.
Lake County had the highest unemployment rate in the state for the second month in a row at 8.3%. Howard County was next at 7.7%, and LaPorte County came in at 6.2%.
Every other county in the state was at 5.5% or lower.
Area rates are as follows:
Adams County: 2.5%, up 0.4 percentage points, lowest.
Blackford County: 4.4%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-22nd highest.
Delaware County: 4.9%, up 0.4 percentage point, t-12th highest.
Jay County: 3.2%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-16th lowest
Randolph County: 3.8%, up 0.1 percentage points, t-42nd highest.
Wells County: 3.1%, up 0.3 percentage points, t-ninth lowest.
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