Tippecanoe County and the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette are seeing encouraging unemployment figures while the state, as a whole, struggles.
Both the county and Lafayette saw their rates fall a half-a-percent from July to August. Unemployment in West Lafayette is down two-tenths to 5.6
But, Indiana’s overall unemployment rate rose despite adding 72,000 private sector jobs last month.
The state’s rate was 8.3-percent in August, up a tenth of a point from July.
With the spike in Indiana’s unemployment rate, the state is above the national average for the first time in six-months.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 66,000 Hoosiers have left the job market in the past three months, which contributes to the higher figure.