Unemployment rate

Northwest Indiana's unemployment rates continue to trend downward. Lake County's rate dropped from 5.3 percent in August to 3.7 percent in September, according to data shared by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Porter County's unemployment rate dropped a percentage point to 2.4.

Unemployment rates continue to move higher in Northwest Indiana, but the actual number of people working is also up.

Indiana’s unemployment rate fell to 5 percent, continuing an encouraging downward trajectory since the start of the pandemic. But the number of people in…

Indiana’s unemployment rate fell more than 5 percent in May according to data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. However, the same…

The federal government spends the start of each year doing a deeper dive on each state’s employment data. Based on that review, it adjusts past monthly…