A dip in the jobless rate is common in August, as the employment situation adjusts to the beginning of the school year. Click on map to see larger version with data. The Indiana labor force in August was estimated at 3.13 million people, according to figures released by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. The number of unemployed Hoosiers also dropped in August to 104,000. That was 11,700 lower than the previous month s jobless number.
All data are unadjusted for seasonality.
Therefore, the number of unemployed workers declined. Metro Areas Post Low Unemployment Most metropolitan areas in Indiana boast unemployment rates lower than the state or national averages. That pattern continued in August. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development tallies employment data for 12 metropolitan areas in Indiana. Figure 2 shows the August unemployment rates for these 12 areas.