County’s jobless rate drops to 6.6 percent

Wells County’s unemployment rate dropped from 8.2 percent to 6.6 percent in April, according to statistics released Friday by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Learn more in the Monday, May 20, News-Banner.

The department also published a county-by-county comparison of unemployment rates. Click on the image below to see how Wells County compares.

Wells County unemployment through the years
2008
• December — 7.7
2009
• January — 9.7
• February — 9.9
• March — 10.9
• April — 10.0
• May — 11.4
• June — 11.3
• July — 10.6
• August — 9.5
• September — 9.1
• October — 9.8
• November — 8.9
• December — 9.4
2010
• January — 9.8
• February — 9.6
• March — 10.2
• April — 9.4
• May — 9.0
• June — 9.3
• July — 9.4
• August — 8.9
• September — 8.4
• October — 8.3
• November — 9.2
• December — 8.3
2011
• January — 9.5
• February — 9.1
• March — 8.6
• April — 7.3
• May — 7.7
• June — 7.4
• July — 7.4
• August — 7.4
• September — 7.3
• October — 7.6
• November — 8.9
• December — 8.0
2012
• January — 8.5
• February — 7.8
• March — 7.6
• April — 6.3
• May — 6.1
• June — 6.8
• July — 6.9
• August — 6.8
• September — 6.8
• October — 6.1
• November — 6.7
• December — 7.1
2013
• January — 8.6
• February — 8.3
• March — 8.2
• April — 6.6