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Unemployment drops statewide in September

Updated: Friday, 19 Oct 2012, 6:34 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 19 Oct 2012, 1:03 PM EDT

INDIANA (WLFI) - Unemployment rates fell statewide in September, and local counties all saw the trend.

Every county in the News 18 viewing area saw jobless rates decline last month.

The largest drop was in Benton County, where the rate fell 2 percentage points, to 7.1 percent.

Tippecanoe County's rate was down to 6.4 percent unemployment in September.

The statewide rate dropped slightly, to 8.2 percent.

You can find more information in the Department of Workforce Development’s documents they use to compile information:

Labor force estimates

Ranking of Indiana counties by unemployment rate

Indiana county map with unemployment rates

Seasonally-adjusted employment table

Non-seasonally-adjusted employment table

Detail employment listing

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