HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate for May was 3.4%. That’s up from where it was in April at 2.9% and up from the benchmark of one year ago, which was 2.9% in May 2023, according to information from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released last week.
Statewide, Indiana’s preliminary jobless rate for April was 3.9%. Nationally, the April unemployment rate was 3.7%.
Howard County had the highest preliminary rate in the state for May, at 5.7%, while Martin, Gibson and Daviess counties had the lowest, at 3.1%. Hancock County’s unemployment rate ranked No. 70 in the state.
