NORTHWEST INDIANA'S JOBLESS RATE MOSTLY FLAT IN JULY 2010 AT 10.5%; RECOVERY REMAINS SLOW AND SLUGGISH

     Unemployment in Northwest Indiana (Region 1) was nearly flat during July 2010 at 10.5 percent, a small drop from 10.7 percent during the prior month. A similar jobless trend occurred in Northern Indiana (Region 2) as well as in the state's Northeast economic growth area (Region 3).

     In the five north-central counties that form Region 2, the jobless rate rose slightly to 12.1 percent in July 2010 from 12.0 percent during June. Moreover, throughout the 11 northeast counties of Region 3, unemployment was unchanged at 10.7 percent in July as well as in June. Collectively, one-third of Indiana's 3.16-million person workforce resides in the three northern regions (the combined labor market of regions one, two and three was 1.05 million Hoosiers in July 2010).

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