HANCOCK COUNTY — The county’s preliminary unemployment rate for August was 3.1%, down slightly from July’s 3.3% but up from where it was at this time last year when it was 2.7% in August 2022, according to information from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development released this week.
Indiana’s preliminary jobless rate for August was 3.7%. Nationally, the August unemployment rate was 3.9%.
Lake County had the highest preliminary rate in the state for last month, at 5.9%, while Daviess County had the lowest, at 2.6%. Hancock County’s unemployment rate ranked No. 67 in the state.
