The unemployment rate in the Elkhart-Goshen area rose slightly in May but is still well below the double-digit jobless rate of one year ago, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday.
Elkhart County’s unemployment rate of 3.2 percent in May, up from 3.0 percent in April, remained among the lowest in the state, ranking 71st out of 92 counties.
The highest rate was in Lake County, at 8.3 percent, while the lowest was in Adams County, at 2.5 percent.
LaGrange County had the second lowest rate in the state, at 2.6 percent.
The state average was 4.5 percent, the report said.
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