Indiana unemployment rates drop slightly
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 11:11 AM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 1:53 PM EDT
The state's unemployment rate took a slight dip.
The latest jobless numbers are out for Indiana. It shows a slight drop in October to 8 percent.
Local numbers show St. Joseph has the highest unemployment at 8.8 percent, followed by Elkhart at 8.3, Marshall County at 7.7 percent and Kosciusko County at 6.4 percent.
Nation wide 410 thousand people filed for benefits last week, that's down 41 thousand from the week before.
Claims are still higher though because of superstorm sandy.
The national unemployment rate was 7.9% in October.