HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate for July was 3.3%, up from June’s 3% and also up from where it was at this time last year when it was 2.9%, according to information from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released Monday.
Indiana’s preliminary jobless rate for July was 3.3%. Nationally, the July unemployment rate was 3.5%.
Lake County had the highest preliminary rate in the state for last month, at 5.8%, while Gibson County had the lowest, at 2.9%. Hancock County’s unemployment rate ranked No. 67 in the state.
