N-B Numbers: Wells County’s unemployment rate drops to 5.5%

Wells County ended 2013 with possibly its lowest unemployment rate since at least 2008, according to data released Tuesday.

The Indiana Department of Workforce Development states that 5.5 percent of the county’s workforce wasn’t working in December, down from 6.3 percent in November and 8.6 percent in January, the highest rate in 2013.

See how the county compares to its northeast Indiana neighbors and the rest of the state in the Wednesday, Jan. 29, News-Banner.

2013 

• January: 8.6 percent

• February: 8.3 percent

• March: 82. percent

• April: 6.6 percent

• May: 6.8 percent

• June: 7.5 percent

• July: 7.8 percent

• August: 6.3 percent

• September: N/A

• October: 5.8 percent

• November: 6.3 percent

• December: 5.5 percent

2012

• January: 8.5 percent

• February: 7.8 percent

• March: 7.6 percent

• April: 6.3 percent

• May: 6.1 percent

• June: 6.8 percent

• July 6.9 percent

• August: 6.8 percent

• September: 6.8 percent

• October: 6.1 percent

• November: 6.7 percent

• December: 7.1 percent

2011

• January: 9.5 percent

• February: 9.1 percent

• March: 8.6 percent

• April: 7.3 percent

• May: 7.7 percent

• June: 7.4 percent

• July: 7.4 percent

• August: 7.4 percent

• September: 7.3 percent

• October: 7.6 percent

• November: 8.9 percent

• December: 8 percent

2010

• January: 9.8 percent

• February: 9.6 percent

• March: 10.2 percent

• April: 9.4 percent

• May: 9 percent

• June: 9.3 percent

• July: 9.4 percent

• August: 8.9 percent

• September: 8.4 percent

• October: 8.3 percent

• November: 9.2 percent

• December: 8.3 percent

2009

• January: 9.7 percent

• February: 9.9 percent

• March: 10.9 percent

• April: 10 percent

• May: 11.4 percent

• June: 11.3 percent

• July: 10.6 percent

• August: 9.5 percent

• September: 9.1 percent

• October: 9.8 percent

• November: 8.9 percent

• December: 9.4 percent