LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – Unemployment rates along the Lakeshore slid last month, but the levels haven’t return to pre-COVID 19 pandemic marks just yet.
In numbers released on Thursday (Oct. 28, 2021) by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, Ottawa County’s jobless rate for September stood at 3.2%, seventh best among the 83 counties in the state. That mark is two tenths of a percentage point below August and 2.2% lower than last September, but it pales compared to the 2.7% level 24 months ago that was tied for tops in Michigan.
As for Allegan County, it’s unemployment rate of 3.5 percent in September is tied for eighth best across the state. It’s three tenths of a percentage point below August and 2.2% lower than a year ago, but like Ottawa County, it’s seventh tenths above the level of September, 2019.
Joblessness dropped in 81 of 83 counties last month, and for the year, the DTMB says that all counties are lower in year-over-year averages.
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