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November’s unemployment rate in St. Joseph County remained unchanged from September.
Figures from the monthly labor-market analysis by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget show St. Joseph County’s unemployment rate was 4.4 percent in November, identical to its rate in September.
Data for an October report was not collected due to the federal shutdown.
St. Joseph County’s November rate from a year earlier was 4.7 percent.
Meanwhile, Cass County experienced a slight increase in its unemployment figures from September to November. Its September rate was 4.3 percent and rose to 4.4 percent a month later.
Like St. Joseph County, Branch County also saw no change in its monthly rate. It was 4.4 percent in October and remained steady in November.
Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November was 5 percent, down from 5.1 percent in October and 5.2 percent from the same month one year earlier.
