HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate for August was 3.7%, according to information from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released Monday. That’s down from where it was in July at 4% but up from the benchmark of one year ago, which was 2.9% in July 2023.
Statewide, Indiana’s preliminary jobless rate for August was 4.2%. Nationally, the August unemployment rate was 3.8%.
Howard County had the highest preliminary rate in the state for August, at 11%, while Martin, Dubois, Clinton and Boone counties had the had the lowest, at 3.3%. Hancock County’s unemployment rate ranked No. 70 in the state.
