HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate for March was 2.9%, down slightly from February’s 3.0% but up slightly from March last year when it was 2.8%, according to information released this week from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Indiana’s preliminary jobless rate for March stood at 3.5%, the same as it was in February but up from March of last year at 3.2%.
Lake County had the highest preliminary rate in the state for last month, at 5.4%, while Gibson County had the lowest, at 2.3%. Hancock County’s unemployment rate ranked No. 79 in the state.
