Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
Kosciusko County's unemployment rate dropped .5 percent in February to 3.8 percent from 4.3 percent in January.
There were 1,440 unemployed persons in the county in February.
Indiana's non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for last month was 3.5 percent, 1.1 percent below the national rate of 4.67 percent, according to Craig E. Hartzer, Commission for the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
The number of Hoosier employed during February was 2,934,500.
"Despite much talk of the economy's slow growth, Indiana's unemployment rate remains well below the national rate and that of neighboring states," Hartzer said. "While we have seen a decrease in employers' appetite for workers, we still aren't faced with the high unemployment figures of a decade ago."
The monthly survey of 7,500 employers reports payroll employment at 2,962,100, an increase of 4,500 from one year ago. Payroll employment is an estimate of non-agricultural jobs in Indiana.
Manufacturing employment totals 668,800 in February, a decrease of 21,200 from last year. Motor vehicle manufacturing accounts for 96,300 jobs, 7,600 less than one year ago. Manufacturing of motor vehicle parts totals 62,300. Industrial machinery manufacturing in February accounts for 73,000 Hoosier jobs, 400 less than in January.
Construction employment saw an increase of 1,100 from last month; and service producing employment is up 25,100 more than last year.
